Ethics is defined as the moral principles that governs a person behavior. In fact, unethical behavior doesn’t only occur on a corporate level, it also occurs with sports teams, accounting departments, family-owned businesses, etc. The most common type of unethical behavior in companies is accounting fraud, referred to as “cooking the books”. Many major corporations have been caught doing accounting schemes. Privacy and abusing company resources are also common unethical behaviors that occurs in businesses.
Accounting fraud or “cooking the books” is a major issue that is not tolerated in any workplace. An example of accounting fraud is the Enron scandal, which led to several people being devastated and losing a significant amount of money from lifetime savings. This scandal caused the company itself to lose about $80 billion and had to file for bankruptcy. In addition, many top-level executives had to serve time in prison. Enron was one of the largest audit companies in the world and could have been much more successful if they complied with the regulations in the workplace.
Ethically behavior is not something that should only be followed in corporations, it should also be followed with sports teams. However, the New England Patriots seemed to think otherwise when they violated another teams’ privacy. The Patriots were caught spying on the New York Jets’ by videotaping the coach’s signals, which is a form a cheating and cheating is referred to as unethical behavior. They admitted to violating the NFL policy but denied cheating. Violating a person or companies’ policy is unethically behavior that should not occur no matter the situation.
Abusing company resources is another unethically behavior that takes place in the workforce. For example, a person that is taking supplies or taking time from a company is considered stealing. Stealing is a major violation and is very unethical. Resources are allocated to the specifications of a company and should not be taking advantage of no matter the cause. Ethical behavior should always occur no matter what a person is doing, especially since it governs the behavior of someone.
In conclusion, a person should always make sure that they are making decisions that are ethical. Everyone in the workforce should comply with all laws and regulations. Having ethical behavior in business makes a company more reputable and makes their employees more efficient. If everybody in the workforce focus on ethical behavior, the current ethical dilemmas will no longer be an issue.
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