Ethics

Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is widely defined as a branch of philosophy that constitutes codes and core values pertaining to human norms and conduct, in relation to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions, as well as to the goodness and badness of the motives, means, and systems of ends of such taken actions.  Ethics is not exclusively used for medical field and practice, and of religious means, and other major institutions, but also in business  by this it means, anything that has to do with transactions and profit, thus saying, even in the episode of production of any means of production or raw material, such as trees used for making paper that eventually will be used as print materials, journals, books, and the like, is greatly covered by the code of ethics  in this it means, the business aspect of ethics.

    In the case of Moira, who is straight from college and has only been employed and working for a manufacturing home decorations company for about four months. Having a corporate job as an administrative assistant, and being a young professional, Moira is but a case of an ideal and nave and employee who  straight from college holds strong and firm to her ideals of a kind of healthy working environment. But little did she know that being exposed to the kind of surrounding at work is very different from what she has expected. It suddenly is a shock for her to have witnessed unethical working antics from her colleagues. It is not a surprise if Moira would consider herself being one with her colleagues by diminishing her work performance and increasing her disobedience at work. Yet, she still takes pride with what she has performed in terms of her job since she has rendered service with her utmost desire of performing, more so in contributing to the company that she works for.

    Moira is now left in a very uneasy situation  she is caught now thinking deep of what she shall do with a problem that resonates in the office from her co-employees to her brand manager. Puzzled and problematic on what to do and how to take action, Moira is on the brink of a major decision.

    At this point, the code of ethics comes in. The moral judgment here is at play with Moiras decisiveness on how to take on with her issue that pertains to her working environment and her colleagues. According to Smith, there are different approaches to ethics, and among those are the utilitarian approach, the common good, the virtue approach, and the fairness. The values of each of the approaches give different results that follow different systems that shape the ethics of people in a given to situation. Take in the case of Moira, these approaches can be options on how to face the issue.  Should Moira have to decide what to do with unethical working habits of her colleagues as well as her brand manager, first she should arrive in a decision-making activity within herself. Some of the aspects to consider in a self-assessment include the impact of the potential choice of action that will take place, the goal of her decision, the response of the people involved in the situation, and the application of that decision made. After identifying the important essentials and content of the things to be considered on her own self-assessment, the list is now escalated in a fashion that will be able for Moira to be coordinated with her superiors to call for a meeting, a group assessment and have an open discussion where everybody can be heard and free of personal attacks formulate and schedule seminars in which all of company employees will be able to attend regarding work ethics, company policies, specific case studies, legal requirements, and other company concerns from these meetings and seminars and even  group or team buildings, signing of agreement can also be helpful, stating that all employees and even the transparency of other superior positions of giving unequivocal support by both word and example written and orally agreed upon code of ethics should have a periodic reinforcement such code of ethics should also be doable in which employees can both understand and perform routine instructions for compliance and improvement should also be done as monitored by the top management also by remaining neutral and nonsexist maintains a clearly stated cooperation and respect to employees and the working environment.

    Business ethics is created to protect the company owners, the companys integrity, and its employees, it aims to eliminate exploitation, most especially those who are being ripped off in wages.