Ethics and Sustainability: Analysis of Workplace Ethical Issues Report

This report analyzes ethical and sustainability issues within a workplace setting, specifically focusing on a hotel. The author identifies two key issues: the lack of structured policies and the consequence of immediate dismissal for policy violations. The report then reflects on the author's future ethical conduct, emphasizing the importance of professional attire, communication, and workplace interactions. The author discusses applying ethical frameworks, understanding duties, taking responsibility, and demonstrating commitment. The paper explores how an employee can contribute to the organization's goals by putting in extra effort and using their skills. The report concludes by highlighting the significance of understanding organizational policies and building personal traits to secure future employment and foster ethical conduct in the workplace. The author has used various references to support their analysis.

Running head: ETHICS AND SUSTAINABILITY 1
Ethics and Sustainability
Name
Institution
Author’s Note

Managing Ethical Conducts
Executive summary
Ethical issues are always essential when dealing with various encounters within the
surrounding world. As a result, this personal reflection paper is discussing the ethical issues that
were identified in the first section of the assignment. It further gives a reflection on the future
ethical conducts relating to the two identified issues at workplace. Moreover, the future ethical
conducts in this paper are also analyzed into deep details to enable the audience to develop a
clear understanding of what is taking place within an ethical world.
Introduction
A lot of ethical issues crop up in workplaces each day that leave many workers in
dilemmas having no right decision to make. This is a common occurrence that needs to be
addressed by employers to ensure workers have correct policies and guidelines in their daily
operations within the workplaces (Wiengarten, & Lam, 2017). These policies and guidelines will
be able to guide all workers in making the right decisions in accordance with the organization's
standards.
Issues and frameworks
There are two issues that were identified in the organization. These issues, among others,
made it difficult and put employees in a crossroads within their workplaces, not knowing some
of the correct actions to take (Ravichandran, & Chandilyan, 2016). One of these issues identified
was the lack of a clearly structured policy to be able to put a control on activities carried out by
workers within the hotel. In this scenario, the right approaches should be taken to ensure
guidelines are put in place for all employees.

The second issue that was identified is that in the event there is a violation of any of the
organization policies, the employee will be sent off indefinitely without any notice. This brings a
need for an ethical model from all the employees (Jansson et al., 2017). Within this context, an
employee should be in a position to predict the outcome of any action before he/she decides to
take action.
Reflection on the future behavior
There are several life events that human beings encounter in their lives. Some of these
events are good and educational, and we should consistently learn from them. Ethics is defined
as the code of conduct that dictates an individual's actions within the workplace. To be able to
work together with other employees in achieving a common goal, an employee must portray
good behaviors. At the workplace, the kind of view people develop may differ from what an
individual learns. Through the many experiences I learn from this hotel, I have managed to
structure my ethical conduct to be able to secure my future position at work. As a professional, I
have learned to put on right and recommended attire for my duty. It is vital in some organizations
that every department has its particular attire, which should be neat while carrying out a task
(Wesarat, Yazam, & Majid, 2017). Without notice, some workers who may not adhere to such
policies may be dismissed. Such scenarios always boost my desire to practice neatness to be able
to secure much time with my future employer.
I have also learned and taken with much seriousness on how to control my
communication whenever in disagreement with any of the coworkers. I am trying, by all means,
to monitor my words not to break any one's confidentiality even within disagreements. I learned

that to be able to extend my working experience with any company, I have to minimize
unnecessary conversations and involvement in any discussions touching other departments or
even what does not concerns me. Within my framework, I have given bullying of any form, no
room in my conduct. I learned to keep myself in the position of a worker like any other person
within my future workplace. Above this, I am keen and will always be keen on my interactions
within the workplace. Being an employee, the agenda is to work and go back home. I will want
to involve other workers in shared responsibilities as required by the policies of any organization
but never as I will want to.
At some points, it is very difficult to shed off characters that you are used to even when it
is a necessity. I am in the move of molding my future workplace behaviors by learning some of
the essential workplace conducts that are required of an employee. At a workplace, chances of
working alone are rare since there are always collaboration and partnerships that are put in place
to make an organization realize its goals (Jordan, & Kristjánsson, 2017). For this reason, I am
putting it in mind and working on my interaction behavior to be able to accommodate all
employees and handle each of them with no discrimination. Understanding the duties and taking
responsibility is one of the important things to do in the workplace. It is ethical always to carry
out duties with a lot of passion and in the recommended manner (Bansal, & Song, 2017). I am
learning to be able to face my duties as required of me and without being monitored or pushed.
Showing responsibility will make an employee outstand and have a hand in realization of the
organizational goals.
Within an organization, the management can lose trust in an employee for lack of
accountability since it is unethical. To be able to contain this trust in my future workplace, I will
ensure to take every property and operations conducted by the organization with great care.

Being careless in a workplace may make the employer view an employee as a liar and my lead to
dismissal. Showing commitments at work is another important aspect of the workplace. Working
an extra hour or two to help the organization meet deadline is a great trait. This kind of
commitment can make an organization to love and respect an employee (Marin, 2016). I am
preparing to put this effort and help an organization meet tight deadlines. Employers will be able
to promote an employee who puts an extra effort in his duties. Whenever an employee is
working smart by bringing into operation extra skills, he will be very important to an
organization (Clarke, & Boersma, 2017). On a personal level, I will be doing much to ensure the
organization realize many benefits of my skills.
Conclusion
Every employee in any organization should always be willing to create his time to
understand the organization's policies and what is required of him/her. Building on personal
traits will also help an employee to secure his future work. This is exactly what I am trying to do
to work in accordance with the organization's guidelines, which will make me fit within the work
environment. Showing ethical conduct at a workplace is beneficial for both individual and
organization.

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