PPB 3183 - Workplace Ethics: J&T Express Incident Report

This report analyzes workplace ethics, using the J&T Express incident as a case study. The report begins with an introduction to ethics and workplace ethics, emphasizing the importance of ethical behavior for both employers and employees. It then provides an overview of the J&T Express case, where employees were caught mishandling packages. The reflection section discusses the damage this incident caused to the company's reputation and the importance of consumer rights. The report examines the incident from both the company's and employees' perspectives, arguing that the primary responsibility lies with the company's unethical management practices, specifically a lack of proper training and management. The report suggests improving team management skills, adhering to labor laws, and maintaining service quality as better solutions. The report is supported by academic resources and includes solutions to improve the company's workplace ethics and management.

Assignment 1
PPB 3183
NAME NO.MATRIX
NUR HARIZA BINTI ABDUL LATIF D20181082724
NURUL LAILATUL AKMAL BINTI
MOHD ZALANI
D20181082767
MAZHIXIONG D20191090175
MU QIAN D20191090253
PATRICK WONG MING TECK D20191090584
YAN PAN D20191090260

1.0 Introduction
Ethics teaches a person on how to behave in good way. There are some various definitions
that define what is ethic. But from the definitions, we can say that ethics refer to the guide
what is action that morally good or what is action that morally bad. Ethics become a must
component in our daily lives including at workplace. Employers and employees must have
good ethics when working in organisation so that they will contribute good quality of work
especially in business company. The company has to take good care of production quality and
potential customers. In order to maintain company reputation in customer’ perspective, the
employee of the company must show good behaviour when serving the customers. So, the
customers will give good review about the company and they may become as regular
customers. For that, any organisation or company must have workplace ethics.
Workplace ethics refer to guide or set of moral principles or values that need to be
followed or compliant by both employers and employees. There are a few examples ethical
behaviour at workplace. One of it is develop professional relationship. It is important in building
up a good teamwork between the employees. Professional relationship also important to help
the idea and knowledge to be spread widely between the employees either high or low level
employees. Not to mention if the employees have professional relationship outside the
organisation, that will help to promote to more people. Besides that, take responsibility. A
person must have that sense of responsibility especially when working. They must take
responsibilities in any decisions that they make whether it will be a good impact or bad impact.
Furthermore, there are a few examples of unethical behaviour at workplace. One of it
that always occurred in our community is extended breaks. Some of the employee extend the
lunch break because having fun chatting among them. Some of them taking the advantage by
eating outside and meeting friends from outside. Other than that, employee lying to the
employer. They may fake their actual work result to show only good side of them toward the
employer so that they will get paid as usual or maybe they will get bonus because of good
performance. But then, if they show that their performance at work is drowning, they may get
paid less or potentially for dismissal.
Workplace ethics can give advantages to the employers and employees. Workplace
ethics can help stimulate positive behaviour of employees at workplace. The management
also can guide and mentor their employees in a healthy environment. So, they will strengthen
the bond between employees and superior. Then, the ethics also can help in improving
productivity and job satisfaction of employees. Bad workplace ethics can cause a strain in the

relationship with company stakeholders. That bad relationship can lead to damage reputation
of the company because of bad ethics at workplace. The stakeholders also will not choose the
company to invest their money.
2.0 Over View about the Topic:
Such was the case at J&T Express in Kuala Lumpur on February 4, when a video showed the
human resources department throwing customers' packages around without regard to the
company's image. The violent distribution of packages quickly caught the attention of
consumers. According to J&T Express, the disturbance in the video was caused by a
misunderstanding of year-end bonuses by some workers, which led to the violent sorting of
packages on February 4. In addition, The Company promised customers compensation for
the damaged packages, and the employees featured in the video issued a public apology. The
regulator also said delivery companies that fail to protect consumers' rights will be fined and
jailed accordingly.
3.0 The Reflection of This Issue：
As a service industry, J&T should put consumers' rights and interests in the first place. This
behavior has seriously damaged the company's image in the hearts of consumers. As a result,
consumers no longer trust this express company and choose other express companies to
replace it, which will greatly affect the company's profits. Express companies licensed under
the postal Service Law of 2012 must abide by the conditions and rules formulated especially
in the protection of consumer rights. This behavior not only fails to protect the legitimate rights
and interests of consumers, but also greatly affects the company's reputation. In its statement,
the Communications and Multimedia Regulatory Commission of Malaysia said the case
should be taken seriously, adding that if the license holder is found to have breached any
subsidiary legislation, they may be fined not more than RM300, 000 or jailed not more than
three years, or both. In addition, the regulator urged consumers to know and understand their
rights before choosing any Courier service to deliver the goods they purchased.
The rights and interests of consumers refer to the rights and interests that consumers
enjoy in accordance with the law when they obtain goods or receive services for compensation
and in a certain period thereafter. The rights and interests of consumers are the rights given
to the end users of commodities by the objective needs of economic operation under certain
social and economic relations.

J&T Express, one of the companies that provides logistics services in the form of
documentation and delivery of goods, has adopted a marketing strategy that uses brand
ambassadors as part of its advertising, while other similar companies do not use brand
ambassadors as promotional tools. Maintaining service quality has also become a part of the
strategy adopted by the company in the face of competition. The decision of potential users of
logistics services has another factor as an indicator of choosing logistics service providers,
that is price. This case does not protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, the
damage of express delivery will lead to consumers no longer trust express companies. In
recent years, the express industry has developed rapidly. In 2018, the total business volume
of China's express delivery enterprises reached 50.71 billion pieces, up 26.6 percent year on
year. Experts pointed out that, at the same time, the industry's own management system
needs to be constantly improved, enterprises should put forward countermeasures according
to the actual difficulties, reasonable planning, and strengthen the supervision of relevant
departments.
3.General understanding in context discussed ( support or disagree with existing
opinions)
It can be seen from J&T's statement that there was an incident of violent parcel sorting at the
sorting center. The reason is that some employees are not clear about the bonus distribution
plan, which causes some employees to make trouble together and cause losses to customers.
The company stated that these incidents were “really our management errors” because they
hired temporary workers to handle the increased number of packages and “only received
simple training”. The company apologized for customer dissatisfaction and losses caused by
internal mismanagement, and stated that it would "take all responsibilities, quickly improve
management and service levels, and provide professional training for employees."
In this incident, many people believed that J&T employees were unethical, because
they did not know the company's bonus distribution plan and made the unethical behavior of
throwing express delivery. This is disrespectful and unethical behavior towards customers.
They should be condemned.
In my opinion, I disagree with this view. I think this is an unethical management
behavior. It is J&T's negligence on management ethics and corporate governance. Of course,
employees of the company also have certain responsibilities. Because of their personal
unethical behavior, the company needs compensation and reputation. Direct loss, but I think
the main reason is that the company did not properly train and manage its employees, which
led to this result. This is a behavior that does not conform to management ethics and corporate

governance. As far as management ethics is concerned, it is actually a behavior standard that
guides the personal work of managers. Unethical management means that managers lack
ethical practices, and managers tend to maximize profits. In the company's statement, J&T
made it clear that this was because temporary workers were hired to handle the increased
number of packages and "only received simple training." So I think the reason is that J&T’s
unethical management behavior has led to such unethical behavior of employees, which is a
company’s problem. If the company can stand in the perspective of consumers and customers,
and does not hire temporary employees or provide detailed training to employees,
administrators are not inclined to maximize profits, but serve consumers and customers, follow
ethical principles, and No employees will throw express delivery to express their
dissatisfaction. On the contrary, it will promote sales and improve the company's image.
4.0 State the better solution:
One of the better way for solution is to improve team management skills. Team management
skills are abilities and qualities that enable leaders to achieve group harmony and direct teams
towards timely goals. Team management skills include abilities such as problem-solving,
decision-making and effectiveness control. One of the reasons that J&T company perform
poorly in the workplace is poor management. The management team such as agent or dealer
take place will lead to lower wages effect. For example, there are agent or dealer who take
place as on behalf of J&T company hire workers that are paid lower wages due to high
competitor of price taker. The better way to improve team management skills is to observe
employee interactions within group settings. J&T company may also need to carry out seminar
or conference that professional in consultant for management level to learn managerial skills,
strategies and target critical areas of improvement. J&T company can always do research or
investigate in different state to ensure that internal control of team management is not
delegated.
Besides that, J&T company need to follow Malaysia labor law. J&T company need to
pay standard salary follow by rules and regulation for all their workers. This is because some
of the employee’s complaint that their salary is paid in unfair such as commission, overtime,
and bonus. J&T company need to ensure that all the employees are paid in fair. For example,
for employees who have worked for a year need to paid full bonuses and for those who have
worked for less than a year, bonuses are paid according to the length of working time without
prejudice. In addition, government agency also need to focus more on this field. The
government agency need to ensure that the company follow rules and regulation in order to
reduce violent cases happen. According to labor law of Republic of China, if the employee
asked by employer to work overtime, the employer need to pay the wage not less than 150%
of the employee wages. That is payment for working longer hours from usual. If employee

need to work overtime on days of rest and they get no rest afterwards, the employer has to
pay the wage not less than 200% of their usual payments. All that have been stated under
Article 44.
J&T company also need to act for maintaining service quality in term of reputation.
Based on the complaints made on social media, some of its customers who claimed their
packages were opened, damaged or even missing. This will lead to consumers no longer trust
express companies. At the same time, the company many lose their potential investor due to
this cases happen. J&T company need to take action for compensation for the damaged goods
and settlement of missing packages. Maintaining service quality is important for the business
to deal in the long term period.
5.0 Support the explanation with solid academic resources
1. There is no life balance. More than you are their good staff you did not ask for. Work
overtime until midnight, and work on Saturdays and Sundays.
2. Poor management and politeness make employees suffer from thinking about what
they want but failing to tell.
3. Every month, there are different policies and rules to pay for the company. All
commissions are different.
4. Swear words, it will embarrass you if the work is 200% completed, especially with the
word high salary given to you by the human resources department.
5. The company's work process is very complicated.
Layoffs, plant closures, and other major events of this nature have a huge psychological and
financial impact on the entire workforce and the company’s reputation. Therefore, in terms of
the method and timing of announcing and implementing the announcement and what clauses
are being formulated to help unemployed employees, they should be treated with special care
and sensitivity. Using new euphemisms such as "layoffs" or "appropriate size" may make
managers feel better about the decision to terminate the job, but from an ethical point of view,
this does not change anything.
As mentioned earlier, employees have the right to be treated fairly and respectfully,
and the company has an obligation to ensure that individual managers do not abuse their
power or abuse their subordinates. Any management’s act of killing the messenger is
inappropriate, as is any report that actively or passively encourages dishonesty. Employees
should raise ethical or other issues at any time without fear of retaliation. Employees have the
right to rely on employers’ commitments, especially on core matters such as salary, salary

increase and promotion. Employers who exploit employees, break promises, or treat
employees as tools of the organization’s interests rather than their own purposes fail to fulfill
their ethical responsibilities. The employees also have obligations. Employees also have
ethical obligations. They don't just pay a full day's work for a full-day salary. Loyalty goes both
ways. Employees have ethical obligations to the organization, colleagues, and customers.
When an employer decides to let an employee leave, it is generally believed that the
employer should give the employee sufficient notice or severance payment. Many employees
adopt double standards, which gives them more leeway than employers. One aspect of this
attitude is the use of dubious assertions about necessity. The other is the implicit belief that if
the offer is too good to be rejected, there is no moral obligation to reject it. You can see that
these are selfish rationalizations without much scrutiny. The moral obligations of employees
include loyalty, honesty, care and respect.
Employees are also responsible for achieving a satisfactory work-life balance. After all,
we are talking about balancing, not about ignoring work for a more casual lifestyle. On the
other hand, some company situations have a negative impact on employees’ private and
family lives: working overtime means less free time, and stress in the workplace often leads
to depressed mood outside the office. Then, work becomes constant and dominates private
life in a harmful way. Depression, burnout, and feeling overworked are all common
consequences of an economic system in which growth is still the norm, and personal
happiness is left to the individual. The concept and benefits of work-life balance try to change
this.
6.0 Conclusion
Ethics is a system that controls human behavior from external and internal aspects to the lives
of individuals and society. While ethics in work is created to control the behavior of employees
so that they can use all the knowledge, expertise and skills available for the benefit of all
parties. Work ethic plays a very important role in making employees dedicated and creating a
high commitment to work in employees.
The problem of J&T employees who act like throwing things is an ethical offence that
they have gone through because they are not trustworthy in doing the work and doing the
original work. This will have an impact on the company and the employees themselves.
Negative views from the community who consider such employees unethical in doing their job.

Consequently, poor ethics can be corrected by looking at the root cause of the incident.
Do not point a finger at one party but changes need to be made with complaints and views
from all parties. Therefore, every individual who works, must always be aware and strive to
perform their duties carefully and prudently.
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Rose Johnson. (2018). Key Reasons for Job Dissatisfaction and Poor Employee Performance
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Yiswaree Palansamy. (2021). Courier company J&T Express explains staff’s violent handling
of parcels caught on viral video. Retrieved from
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PPB 3183
Reflection for Presentation Group
ASSIGNMENT GROUP 6
Prepare by
NAME NO.MATRIX
NUR HARIZA BINTI ABDUL LATIF D20181082724
NURUL LAILATUL AKMAL BINTI MOHD ZALANI D20181082767
MAZHIXIONG D20191090175
MU QIAN D20191090253
PATRICK WONG MING TECK D20191090584
YAN PAN D20191090260

GROUP 1
This group choose a very sensitive topic which is the issue of sexual harassment in workplace.
Sexual harassment can be in various forms such as verbal harassment, non-verbal/ gesture
harassment, visual harassment, psychological harassment, and physical harassment. The issues
that have been discussed in the presentation are women staff afraid to file a report toward
person that have been harassing them at workplace and the awareness about sexual harassment.
78% of victims afraid to file a report because certain reasons such as the report did not give
any impact in their life, felt ashamed and embarrassed and do not have time. There are also a
few steps suggested to protect the victims and giving justice to them. The awareness about this
issue also very little as people do not care much about their surroundings. There are also cases
involving this issue happening in our country, Malaysia. The cases report by the news quite a
lot and worrying.
GROUP 2
The theme of the management ethics of corporate governance, mainly about the company's
board of directors gender diversity and corporate social responsibility, I think the team 2 reflect
not specific enough, above the relationship of the equality between men and women enough, I
think the equality between men and women is always desirable, in Malaysia also made it clear
that man is equal in law, However, the proportion of men in the workplace is obviously larger
than that of men, especially in the management level. Therefore, the elimination of the salary
gap was mentioned in the presentation of Group 2, but I think the most fundamental thing is to
start from people's fundamental concept of equal treatment. Corporate social responsibility
affects the economy, society and environment of the society, but corporate social responsibility
also represents the corporate culture, so the larger the enterprise, the greater the social
responsibility, entrepreneurs should take the country and society as the centre, to develop the
enterprise.
GROUP 3
Corruption can exist in any country. Abuse of public office for personal gain erodes trust in
government and institutions, reduces the effectiveness and fairness of public policy, and
prevents taxpayer dollars from being spent on schools, roads, and hospitals. While waste of
money is an important issue, corruption costs more than that. Corruption prevents governments
from effectively promoting economic development in a way that benefits all citizens.

But I think ethical management and corporate corruption have a direct impact. From the
perspective of the company, if a company has strict requirements and management on this
aspect, it will formulate some relevant corporate laws and regulations to limit them, so that the
corruption phenomenon will definitely be improved. From the personal point of view, if a
person has high moral standards and moral cultivation will reject all possible factors around
him.
GROUP 4
The impact of the corruption in corporate government are topic group 4. The topics discussed
by this group are some of the only issues that come out in the press. Members of this group
have made clear and concise the meaning of corruption. Corruption can have devastating
effects on all sides and will affect the country's economy. Even corruption cases occurred
during the pandemic season that hit the country. The bribe is made to obtain the supply of
medicine. This should not happen, the medicine can be purchased at the pharmacy and obtained
at the hospital provided it is necessary to undergo a health check first. It is also stated that the
view of foreign countries where corruption rates are high. Countries such as India, Brazil,
China, and other countries that consider corruption not a crime are even shortcuts in business
and a normal act. But Malaysia is different, our country is strongly opposed to corruption cases.
This is because with corruption an independent country can fall and be destroyed.
GROUP 5: BUSINESS FRAUD
Business fraud can be happened in anywhere. The business fraud cases happen is due to lack
awareness among public. Sometimes, the fraud is not easy to detect. Therefore, business person
should have the knowledge about fraud and plan strategies in order to avoid and prevent the
fraud. Public also need to more aware about the issue of fraud that happen around us. The
increase the fraud cases, the increase the criminal cases around the world not only in our
country, Malaysia. This will be affected to whole country peaceful.
GROUP 6
The topic of group 6 is the cause of BAD Management. Corporate ethics and personal ethics
are very important management theories for the development of enterprises. Good corporate
management ethics can make a company better and better, while BAD management ethics can
make a company decline. Promote the positive behavior of employees in the workplace,
managers can guide in a healthy environment and to guide the staff, strengthening the

connection between the employers and employees, increase productivity and job satisfaction,
moral shortcomings strained relations with the company's stakeholders, damage the company
reputation, penalized for stakeholders to make investment in the company, Moral management
and corporate governance is not only to rely on law and morality to constrain the staff, more
business owners of personal behavior to influence the development of enterprise management,
employee's individual moral behavior need to go through legal and company policy constraints,
but business owners and managers are regulators, is often the most easy to damage the company
of people, so, Discipline yourself when making rules, and manage yourself as well as your
employees.
GROUP 7
This group choose to present the issue about stakeholder theory in corporate governance.
Stakeholders consist of internal and external stakeholders. Internal stakeholders such as
directors and employees. External stakeholders such as creditors, suppliers, and auditors. This
group have chosen an issue about Johnson & Johnson. The issue is about the replacement
pharmaceutical products which is Tylenol Extra-Strength capsules have been replaced by
cyanide-strapped capsules that cause seven people in Chicago area died. But Johnson &
Johnson take quick actions by withdraw all the products from keep selling to save people lives.
Johnson & Johnson have gain consumers’ trust to keep buying their products after Johnson &
Johnson show that they take the responsibility seriously.