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Ethical Issues faced by an Organization: Honesty

Introduction

Nowadays, organizations came across widespread scandals; this is may be due to ethical ignorance. One of the prevailing ethical challenges faced by an organization is dishonesty. In the organization, honest behavior refers to the extent to which groups of individual or individual in the workplace abide by rational and consistent ethical standards. These conducts may include not taking excessive leaves from work; do not spend excessive time on personal call during working hours; and not taking stick or money from the organization.

This paper addresses how unethical practices, such as dishonesty raised an ethical issue within the organization, and how an organization has dealt with an unethical practice, along with what lesson are learned.

Discussion

Despite significant consideration on carefully defined work culture and environment, organizational values, code of conduct, code of ethics, and hundred of pages on policies, organizations still came across ethical issues every day.

Since, I had witnessed an ethical dilemma when I was associated with IRS Company as an internee. My key responsibilities include reviewing organizational policies, keeping records up-to-date, and carry out routine job tasks. CEO of the company at that time became involved in organizational ethical dilemmas. Since, I had insider information and the company's public statement both signified that the former CEO got fired as he violated the expected code of conduct of the company. He had failed to maintain precise reports of expense, constituted a conflict of interest and misused the assets of the company.

This issue is inappropriately addressed by the company. When this act of dishonesty bring into light, the immediate response of the company was asking the CEO to resign from the job. Since, proper investigation of the issue and chance of trial was not given to the employee. This is undeniably an unethical act of the organization.

According to deontology theory, there are four key principle of ethical decision making. These may include justice, not doing harm (non-maleficence), doing good (beneficence) and autonomy. This school of thought refers to the normative ethical stance, which reviews the ethics of an act based on the deed's adherence to a law (standard) or laws (standards). It can also define as a rule, obligation or duty grounded on morale as rule bind the employer or employees to their duty (Bazerman & Gino, 2012).

In this case, the organization is obliged to address the issue ...