Ethical Conflict and Turbulence in Professional Careers and Workplace of Lawyers

Individual Report

Table of Contents
Discussion........................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
References......................................................................................................................................10

Introduction
The report will discuss about the ethical conflict and turbulence in professional careers and
workplace of lawyers; philosophical theories informing professional advice and guidance in
lawyer’s conduct; and MIS development and acquisition approaches used in acquiring relevant
systems for organizations.
Discussion
Ethical conflict and turbulence in professional careers and workplace of lawyers
The issues related to workplace ethics though appears simple, but are highly dependent on the
specifics of situations. Even the issues that are straightforward might be associated with
numerous hidden legal as well as ethical problems for the people trying to resolve them (Feffer,
2017). Making things highly complex in HR, the practitioners have distinct responsibilities along
with general responsibilities being a citizen and all of these are extremely different roles. When
an ethical issue arises in an organization, it is the responsibility of the HR professional to
understand their roles being a representative of the organization (Feffer, 2017). Being a
responsible citizen of the country, many a times it converges but it is not always the case.
The stakes associated with the ethical issues are always higher either for the organization or for
the employees as well as managers involved in the process. For instance, it might be a situation
where, HR manager had promised to keep confidential information with him/her but then it
becomes difficult for him/her to keep under certain circumstances (ABA, 2019). The HR
professionals in the organization should set boundaries regarding confidentiality and should draw
margin that what information and up to what extent could be released and what needs to be kept
confidential.

In workplace, many a times, situations of ethical dilemmas occur but in actual, there is
requirement of actual professional judgment. The lawyers have to take ethically correct decisions
on daily basis while taking decisions regarding defending or representingtheir client. The
lawyers working for large firms are required to act in an ethical manner in their daily business
practices. The code of professional ethics provides them with the guidance along with their
personal standards being followed by them. In the case of staff management, when law firms
appoint CEO without any legal background, it might pose ethical problems as they cannot
provide legal advice to others. Similarly, paralegals as well as secretaries cannot also offer lawful
suggestions, so it becomes the responsibility of the law firms to train staff not to infringe this
rule.
The legal firms must also make sure to maintain the client privacy and must not misappropriate
funds of clients. Thus, they need to be attentive of the guidelines that regulate client
confidentiality. For instance, lawyers cannot place information about the client on social
networking sites and they cannot disclose the particulars of the case to third party or also to the
family members of client without the permission from the client. In a similar manner, lawyers
cannot represent a client if they have conflict of interests with their clients(ABA, 2019). For
instance, two lawyers from a similar law firm cannot represent a client with contrasting interests.
The law firms utilize conflict checking software in order to make sure that they cannot enter into
contract with a client who has the possibility to pose a conflict of interest.
The codes of professional ethics provide detailed procedures regarding lawyers dealing with the
client funds in an appropriate manner. For instance, when client pays the lawyer or the lawyer
has the funds from the resolution for client, the lawyer cannot use this money anywhere else.
Many a times, law firms experience ethical challenges while determining the suitability of the