Learning for Future Careers: Workplace Ethical Dilemmas

This essay, titled "Learning for Future Careers: Workplace Ethical Dilemmas," delves into the complex landscape of ethical issues within the professional environment. The essay begins by defining ethical dilemmas as conflicts between moral imperatives and personal ethics, emphasizing their prevalence in diverse workplaces. It explores various scenarios, including misuse of company resources, excessive absenteeism, violation of workplace rules, offensive communication, and discrimination. The discussion extends to the importance of values and ethical conduct, highlighting the need for employees to navigate conflicts between work ethics and personal principles. The essay suggests that employees identify issues, apply ethical guidelines, and make decisions that protect their careers and colleagues. It addresses specific ethical questions, such as those related to bullying, sexual harassment, and disability discrimination, offering potential solutions. In conclusion, the essay underscores the significance of ethical considerations in the workplace and the role of company policies in addressing these issues. The essay provides a comprehensive overview of ethical challenges and offers practical insights to promote ethical behavior and resolve conflicts within the workplace.

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Learning for Future Careers
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Dilemma description........................................................................................................................1
Values discussion.............................................................................................................................2
Ethical questions and solutions........................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

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Introduction
The ethical dilemma is a decision making problem where it make the conflicts with moral
imperative which is never acceptable or preferable. The complexity in ethical dilemma always
makes some situation where it conflicts with the results to obey the ethical paradoxes. Each and
every person has their own moral imperatives and completely personal ethics which they apply
in their own way. Dilemma only formed when those ethics are making the conflicts between the
imperative and personal ethics (Fahie 2014). A workplace is always considered as an important
part of our society where the dilemmas and individuals make the conflict according to the variety
of socio economic background and believes (Lachman, 2014). Therefore the employees faces
several ethical issues in the workplace where the employers sometimes directly or indirectly
liable for those issues due to the breach of ethical consideration and make the ethical issues
which is recognized as ethical dilemma (Vardaman, Gondo and Allen 2014).
Dilemma description
For the employees several ethical issues can arise where they need to deal with their job
where the employers make several rules as the Ethics of the office (Lachman, 2014). One of the
important ethical issues can arise for the employees when employees are taking advantages about
use the phone calls at the company’s cost. Sometimes employees use company's assets and they
took those assets in their home like stapler, pins, papers etc. When someone gets the employment
in the office according to the office constitution they provide leaves and other allowances.
However in some cases it has been found that employs take several leaves beyond the allowed
number where they breach the ethical consideration (Lachman, 2014).

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A company always set their own rules and regulations for the employees and other people
who are related with the company. There are some rules and regulations has found that
employees sometimes violet the rules. Therefore they make irrespirable issues between the
company and their employment which is another issue for the employees. When employees are
working in the office premises he or she never allowed communicating in offensive way. The use
of abusive language is offensive communication can affect the job or the employment of that
employee (Fahie 2014).
When an employee got the employment in organization, he or she should not work in
more than one place which is unethical and illegal employment. In the workplace discrimination
of the other employees is another important ethical dilemma. An employee never discriminates
another employee according to their gender, race, sex, marriage, disability or anything
(Vardaman, Gondo and Allen 2014). Bullying in the workplace is never acceptable and against
of ethics of the employment (Lachman, 2014).
Values discussion
Morality and value of ethical conduct both are difficult to maintain for the employees
when they need to choose between the work ethics and their personal ethics principles. When the
employers implemented the ethics policies in the workplace sometimes they failed to maintain
such ethics which cause potential conflicts of interest with the employees due to the diversity of
opinion values and the cultures in the workplace (Vardaman, Gondo and Allen 2014). So for
consoling in both sides the employees must follow particular ethical principles for avoiding such
dilemmas when such issues arise. Therefore the employees first identify the issues which cause
the problem to that employee in the workplace (Lachman, 2014). According to the issues, the

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employee must apply the legal ethical guidelines or the code of contacts as per the constitution of
the company after the identification of the ethical issues. The employee should make a decision
which not affect his or her career and make no harm to other employees in the workplace.
Therefore they implement the course of actions which should determine the nature and
dimension of the dilemma (Fahie 2014).
Sometimes the ethical issues has found from the employers of the companies they make
the favoritism where the only favored or a particular person get all the emotions and benefits
from the company. While due to this activity the eligible employee got neglected by the
employer (Lachman, 2014). When in the office premises any health issues or diseases occur then
it is the duty of the employer that they will take care of the employees. According to the
environment situation of the office premises it also affect on the health of the employees.
Therefore the other employees can make the consideration according to their eligibility of
the employment to the higher authority of the workplace. Sexual harassment is another illegal
issue in the workplace where the employees get sexually harassed by the employer or other
employee which is against of the ethical consideration. The suffered employee must complain
and take legal action against that employee or the employer because they breach the ethical
consideration of the workplace. When employees terminated from the workplace without having
any notice then several question arises due to the decision of the management of the companies
therefore the terminated employee can ask for the proper reason for the termination and should
provide with a prior indication and provide notice at least for 1 month because in between this
one month that employee can get another job (Vardaman, Gondo and Allen 2014).

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Ethical questions and solutions
In the workplace if any employee was bullying by another employee then it is necessary
to take actions against that employee which is the ethical dilemma in the workplace. If any
woman was sexually harassed by another employee of the employer therefore she should
complain against that person and take legal action for the ethical issues in the workplace
(Lachman, 2014). Disability is other important ethical issues in the workplace when someone
works in the office with their disabilities some other employees take the advantages while
bullying that person or disturbing or making fun of the disability (Vardaman, Gondo and Allen
2014). Therefore the authority of the company or the workplace should take legal action against
those employees and that disable person also make the complaint against the employees because
discrimination in the workplace is completely against of the Constitution of the company (Fahie
2014).
Conclusion
Ethical issues are most common in the companies for the employees are affected by such
issues. Several committees and councils are introduced in the companies where the employees
can make the complaint against any ethical issues and the company will take appropriate actions
against such activities because ethical consideration is one of the important parts in the
workplace. It is a breach of ethical duties in the workplaces (Vardaman, Gondo and Allen 2014).

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