Ethical Issues in Knowledge Management

This presentation discusses various ethical issues in knowledge management and their impact on organizations. It covers topics such as plagiarism, manipulation of knowledge, privacy and confidentiality ethics, knowledge ownership ethics, knowledge hoarding ethics, and organizational justice. The presentation provides insights into the importance of maintaining ethical practices in knowledge management and how they contribute to the betterment of organizational environments.

MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION
• Knowledge Management issues
• Ethical issues in the business organizations
• Growth of information technology
• Competitive advantage

PLAGIARISM
• Ethical issue of plagiarism
• Copying and pasting the elements
• Knowledge sharing
• Similarity in the article as punishable offence

MANUPULATION AND
MISAPPROPRIATION OF KNOWLEDGE
• Knowledge management governance
frameworks
• Risk management frameworks
• Various corporate governance issues
• Knowledge management and knowledge
sharing

PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
ETHICS
• Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
• Code of Ethics
• Leakage of personal information
• Right to personal information

KNOWLEDGE OWNERSHIP ETHICS
• Knowledge management and knowledge
ownership
• Conflict between the individuals and
organizations
• Approaches and behaviors of the individual
employees

KNOWLEDGE OWNERSHIP ETHICS.
CONTD.
• Harmful for the reputation of the organization
• Unwillingness of the individuals
• Egoistic approach of the individuals
• De-motivating for the employees

KNOWLEDGE HOARDING ETHICS
• Greatest barrier to the information-sharing
systems
• Introducing the reward systems
• Motivation for the employees

KNOWLEDGE HOARDING
ETHICS_CONTD.
• Code of ethics
• Knowledge sharing process
• Experience-based knowledge will be useful for
the practitioners
• Discontent or frustration of the employees
would lead to organizational failure.

ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE
• Ethical measures for the organizations
• Comprehensive measurement for the
development of the organizations
• Behavior and attitudes of the employees

ORGANIZTIONAL ETHICS_CONTD.
• Distributive justice
• Procedural justice
• Interactional justice
• Informational justice

ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE_CONTD.
• Observation of the employees
• Better communication between the employees
and the management

CONCLUSION
• Measurement of the ethical facts within the
organization
• Plagiarism free environment
• Innovative aspects within the organization
• Betterment of the organizational environment

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