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Organizations and its Individuals
Jon
Organizational Ethics
1. Define the situation.
Organizational ethics are the way employees and management applies morals and values to decisions affecting the entire group. These decisions are not ranked on the level of importance. All decisions require some form of ethical evaluation. Each employee is empowered to make decisions being trusted they truly care about the effect on the organization.
2. Assemble and analyze the key data.
At Aberdeen, the use of organizational ethics is second nature to its employees. The absence of fear for job security leaves major, or minor, decisions in the hands of the employees. Trust is placed on each employee to make the decision that seems to be the best, or most productive, with the whole organization in mind. The plant manager, or particular team leader, does not have the burden of making every decision. They simply share the task of decision making with the employees with little concern for ethical abuse.
3. Identify any necessary additional information.
Personal ethics can vary from person to person as much as it can from organization to organization. Each FMC plant can attempt to set the ethical path for its employees to follow, but without the trust practiced at Aberdeen, the fear dampers productivity. An example of this is clear in the $500 budget placed on needed purchases by each employee. The family atmosphere helps maintain a certain level of honesty. Each employee knows that if they abuse the "no questions" approach to this budget, that they will be hurting the entire organization; thus, hurting themselves and eventually eliminat ...