Ethics Sustainability and Professionalism | Assignment
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Running head: ETHICS, SUSTAINABILITY AND PROFESSIONALISMETHICS, SUSTAINABILITY AND PROFESSIONALISMName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1ETHICS, SUSTAINABILITY AND PROFESSIONALISMReflective 2What ethics means to you as an individualThe term ethics is derived from the Ancient Greek word ‘ethikos’ which has its origins inthe word ‘ethos’ meaning habit, character, disposition or custom. The main concern of ethics isto answer a number of dilemmas like the ways to lead a fine life, the rights and duties of thesociety and the resident of the society (Ciulla, 2014). Ethics, also known as moral philosophy,refers to a branch of philosophy dedicated towards systematizing, justifying and suggesting theconcepts of correct and incorrect conduct. Ethical studies quest to solve human moralityquestions by explaining concepts of good and bad, vice and virtue, wrong and right, crime andjustice. Social sustainability looks forward to identifying the positive as well as negative impactsof business on people and managing those impacts as well. This essay deals with the work ethicsand sustainability. In this essay I will discuss the consequences of responsible and irresponsibleactions and some insights regarding the issue.Ethical learnings help us to identify the point of disagreement. According to manyphilosophers, there is no single correct solution to most of the ethical issues, but a group ofprinciples that may be applicable to certain cases in order to provide the involved individuals orgroups with certain choices that would be clearer. We need to identify the challenges to takingethically correct decisions. These challenges may cause even the most promising candidate tooverlook, misinterpret or ignore important signs and signals. This may result in the organizationor the individual incurring huge losses on their financial income or they may even have to facelegal actions. Organizational change needs to be sustainable. We have to make these changeskeeping in mind the effects it may have on nature (Benn, Dunphy & Griffiths, 2014; Ehrenfeld &
2ETHICS, SUSTAINABILITY AND PROFESSIONALISMHoffman, 2013). The primary of the challenges is the ambiguities involved in the decisionmaking. I have a friend who has been working with a leading mattress manufacturing firm forthe past few months and have been through many situations where ambiguous conditions cameup at work. The company managers created a team with a desired goal. The mangers employedthe employees from their day jobs and employed them together in a group. This helped theemployees to put together their ideas and the hard work and execute the idea efficiently andbenefit the clients at large. The essential executive decisions rarely need consideration amongunambiguous and clear options. We may often find that the provided data delivers hints that arestrong enough to suggest that there is something incorrect but it does not give us the concreteevidence that could be convincing enough. We should be able to enjoy the work that we do andfind ways to make the work meaningful and joyful (Botton, 2010).We have to overcome the challenge of motivated blindness. If someone has personalinterests vested into an issue, then they fail to find an easy approach to problems (Hartman &DesJardins, 2008). This explains the partiality we exhibit while we think about providing the bestfor our closest ones. Motivated blindness accounts for the failure in reporting of criminalevidences as well as the failure in investigating a crime that has been reported. I have beeninterning at a private concern for the past few months. After spending a certain period of time, atthe office, I came to notice that some of the employees had been involved the unethical practiceof motivated blindness. No one seemed to speak up against the manager who, at times had beeninvolved into unethical practices. They did not want to speak up against the person who wouldbe responsible for the employees getting promoted into higher positions with lucrative salaryoffers. Thus, in spite of his misdeeds, the manager got away due to the unethical practices of theemployees too.
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