Management Ethics Issues and Ethics in the Organization

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This following essay will look to investigate into the matter of ethical issues within the
management and how employees will act ethically by using their integrity and autonomy within
the organization. The role of the managers to act ethically will also be discussed in this matter as
well. The different ethical theories will be discussed in this paper with the role of both the
managers and employees. If the managers go on to take some dishonest or unethical decisions
within the management, it is the role of the employees to correct them using their personal
integrity. The total scenario of business ethics would be discussed here with examples and
explanations.
In this essay the topic that would be discussed is that of the role of the managers in
different businesses from the ethical perspectives. The issue is if the ethical behaviors within the
organization are the matter of managers or the personal integrity of the employees. Therefore, it
is quite clear that employees have a job responsibility to keep up the reputation of the
organization (Lawrence and Weber 2014). If they play their ethical roles properly, it will be
helpful for the organizational managers as well. It is because they have to keep note of several
other factors. Critics have always opined that employees will have to understand their
responsibilities since it will be a part of their autonomy and personal integrity to present the
organization in the best manner all over the world (Jones 1991).
Some critics are of the opinion that business ethics is simply a matter of the employees.
The way the employees behave in the organizations is simply their personal choice. Some
employees are seen to behave in an ethical manner and some of them behave unethically.
However, this has a significant impact on the organizational culture and reputation. The
organizations always want to keep their reputation very clean so they do not have to lose their
customers (DesJardins and McCall 2014). The good behavior from the business managers also

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seems to motivate the employees. The employees will only work properly if their managers
behave well to them. When any single individual commits any misdeed or approach the complex
situations unethically, this will have a sound and clear bad impression on the culture of the
organization (Mishra, Boynton and Mishra 2014). The entire organization will have to suffer
from this. The responsibility comes on the shoulder of managers and they will have to manage
the situations accordingly (DesJardins and McCall 2014).
The ethical context has everything to do with the decisions of the management. The
values and ethics of the organization are hampered from a larger scenario (Jones 2015). Thus it
has to be understood that context of ethics is both organizational and personal issue. The climate
of the organization can only be strengthened if all the employees can act as per the ethical
guidelines provided by the upper management (Stanwick and Stanwick 2013). So, it is quite
apparent that it is the role of the managers to inculcate the value of ethics within the minds of
employees (Jones 1991). This is mainly a matter of personal integrity of the employees and
managers. It is because employees are definitely not children and they should know what is
expected from them. They are not bound by strictest rules that they should act in this way or that
(Stanwick and Stanwick 2013).
It is the managers only who can shape the organization in a better manner with the
support of employees by ensuring ethical behaviors. The personal integrity of employees in
assuring to behave in a ethical manner will definitely have better opportunities for benefitting
organizations. The question of autonomy in this scenario is less important than personal
autonomy (Lawrence and Weber 2014). When a manager or executive of an organization is
unable to restrain their employees from unethical behaviors, they will face the risk of losing their