BSBHRM501 Report: Ethical Behavior in National Transport Company

This report examines the ethical behavior of the National Transport Company, focusing on its objectives to promote honesty, integrity, and employee engagement. It outlines the company's ethical expectations, including confidentiality, fairness, and diversity, and details measures for addressing unethical behavior, such as creating a code of conduct, leading by example, and implementing checks and balances. The report emphasizes the importance of the code of conduct in reinforcing core values, setting behavioral rules, and fostering trust. It also addresses privacy legislation, specifically the Privacy Act, and the company's adherence to the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998. Furthermore, the report highlights workplace confidentiality policies, including measures to protect sensitive information. The report concludes by emphasizing the significance of maintaining cordial relations and ethical practices within the organization.

Ethical Behavior
National Transport Company

Business Ethics Objectives
 Our Company objective is to provide honesty, loyalty, integrity and
promise-keeping and higher morale within the employees and the
organization.
 Building good relationship within the employees and promoting
employee engagement.
 Maintaining privacy and transparency at a certain level
 Effectively applying the ethical standards at business level and being
responsible for decisions relevant to the code of ethics.
 To be a diversified organization and is obliged with corporate culture.
“KNOW WHAT’S RIGHT. Value what’s right. Do what’s
right.”

Ethical Behavioral Expectation
 Confidentiality
 Voluntary Participation
 Informed consent
 Anonymity
 Fairness
 Dignity
 Diversity
 Equality with equity

Measure for dealing with Unethical
Behavior
 Creating code of conduct which provides manager and the employees
an outline that what behavior are unacceptable.
 Be an example or lead by example
 There are certain reinforce consequences will be taken for unethical
behavior.
 Showing employee appreciation, loyal employees are less likely to show
unethical behavior. When these employees are appreciated they tend to
foster more loyalty and this put impact on other employees.
 Creating check and balance to minimize unethical behavior

Code of Conducts
 The organization will not give tacit approval for employees unethical
behavior or unethical business dealings.
 The business conduct should be well above the minimum standards
required by the law.
 The organization expects that the employees to behave in business like
manner. Activities like fighting, gambling, swearing are strictly prohibited.
 Employee must not engage in any kind sexual harassment or involved
themselves in the same manner. For example posting inappropriate
materials in their business area.
 Maintain cordial relation within the employees and employers. The
employees are also required maintain good relation with clients and
suppliers.

Importance of Code of Conduct
 It provokes the organization’s core values, beliefs and set the right
culture for the company.
 It states clear layout the rules and regulations for behavior and act as a
supporting tool for abiding by the laws.
 It helps the employees to foster ethical behavior and creates
environment for trust for the company.
 It avoids all the unethical behavior and unnecessary activities occur in
the workplace.
 It provides a motivating statement with reference the actual reason for
its existence and purpose of the company.

Privacy Legislation in practice
 The organization is abided by the law of Privacy Act
 .According to Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.
 It protects the personal information of all the employees and the
organization other members .
 The company information can be assessed through company site and
employees can get all the necessary information.
 The personal information are safe with the company, the company can
use it for business purpose when it is required.

Workplace Confidentiality
 The human resource confidentiality policy is keeping the information of
all the customer, clients and employee’s information private.
 The information like personal data, date of birth, marital status, social
security and mailing address.
 Proper confidentiality is maintained through following ways:
 Proper labelling
 Limit access
 Check out the other agreements for confidentiality provision.
 Adding a confidentiality policy to the company's handbook

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