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Article by Jonathan Munsell

Workplace Ethics is a subject that we have all heard of. In fact, the subject of Ethics in general is something that most people are familiar with. And, what is commonly understood about ethics is there are ethics and then there are workplace ethics. What most people don’t realize, however, is that there is no such thing as workplace ethics; ethics are the same, (or, should be) whether in the workplace or in personal life.

For a business to be unethical, it’s as if they’ve given up living! They me be unethical because they think it saves them money. Not a chance! This is only a fatal mistake.

Many businesses have gained a bad reputation just by being in business. To some people, businesses are interested in making money, and that is the bottom line. It could be called capitalism in its purest form. Making money is not wrong in itself. It is the manner in which some businesses conduct themselves that brings up the question of ethical behavior.

Good business ethics should be a part of every business. There are many factors to consider. When a company does business with another that is considered unethical, does this make the first company unethical by association? Some people would say yes, the first business has a responsibility and it is now a link in the chain of unethical businesses.

Most ethical lapses are so small as to seem insignificant. However, they add up over time, and can snowball into a serious situation. Poor ethical standards are most damaging in the long-term.

The biggest victim of ethical lapse is trust. A small breach of ethics is often known only between a few people. But this knowledge can destroy trust between fellow employees, and from there make its way up the ladder, destroying trust between employee and supervisor, and between divisions of companies. When ethical lapses become rampant, employee productivity declines, loyalty follows, soon major breaches such as employee theft begin to appear. Eventually, and worst of all, the most important advantage a firm has, the trust between a firm and its clients, erodes.

Why has such an important topic as business ethics gone unnoticed, even actively ignored? The biggest reason is that ethics is largely misunderstood. Ethical behavior-behavior conducted with honesty and integrity, has recently become muddled up with moral or political questions.

Do not make promises you can’t keep. Ever! For instance, don’t promise that you’ll have a catering order to a company within a half hour if you can’t deliver it. Explain why you can’t deliver something so quickly and everyone usually will respond with an understanding calm. Letting people know facts is so much better than breaking a promise.

In the end, it’s all about what a person understands about ethics.Young minds will take this information into the workforce and understand that ethics need to be applied there as well as in the private sector. Corporations will be able to avoid embarrassing scandals that are presented all over national news. Small business will be able to keep and attract more clients and customers. Negotiations between businesses could be accomplished with more consideration for the other company in mind, which would only help both.

Above all, a high level of ethics in your business should be in place at least for the customers. If anything, it is the customer that should be considered the most when it comes to ethical business practices. In the long run, a company will reap great profits from a customer base that feels it is being treated fairly and truthfully.

About the Author

http://www.RestaurantSuccessMonthly.com–Sign up to receive free report to learn How to Double Your Restaurant Profits issues.Straight talk about today’s issues.Jonathan Munsell http://on.fb.me/hwuOcv, expert speaker, works with current and aspiring restaurant owners specializing in restaurant startup and growth”Leadership Strategist”, founder of Amazing Brands / Jumpin’ Jonny’s Steaks & Subs / Premiere Catering / BakeHouse Bistro / Restaurant Success System .Need a speaker for your next event, E-mail jonathan@restaurantsuccesssystem.com or directly give me a ring at 919.225.6015.Don’t forget to check out my Restaurant Planner Series that can help you put more profit into your business!

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Article by Natalie Rhoden

Ethics in the Workplace

We?ve all heard these rules to live by: Don?t hurt, don?t steal, don?t lie, and the more famous ?Do unto others as you would have done to you.? In our personal lives most people try to follow these rules. Ethics are often thought of by many as something that is related to the personal side of life and not to the business side. In some businesses, having ethics may actually be frowned upon. This is usually due to the fact that business is about doing what?s best for the bottom line and not always about doing the right thing.

It is commonly understood that there are ethics and then there are workplace ethics. Often we don?t stop to realize that there is no difference between personal ethics and ethics in the workplace; ethics are the same whether at work or in personal life.

After all, ethics are about making choices that may not always feel good or seem like they benefit you. Ethical choices are the ?right? choices to make and are examples of rules to live by.

Practical ImpactExecutives typically want the answers to two key questions about ethics in their offices: ?How do workplace ethics apply to practical goals of my organization and the work of my employees?? and ?Is there reliable data to support these assertions?? The Ethics Resource Center (www.ethics.org), a nonprofit organization, assists leaders to impact their organizations by identifying ethical risks and establishing systems to emphasize higher standards for business conduct.

The Ethics Resource Center annually conducts a National Business Ethics Survey (NBES) ? a rigorous telephone survey of 1,500 U.S. employees. The NBES findings are encouraging for organizations that have an emphasis on positive workplace ethics. For example, employees have high expectations for ethics within their organizations. Nine in ten respondents say that they ?expect their organizations to do what is right, not just what is profitable.?

This suggests that most employees are not cynical about ethics at work, encouraging news when considering the implementation or development of ethics initiatives as the long term success of any program rely on the active support of employees.

Formal ethics programs and informal ethics practices were shown to affect certain key outcomes. Employees who work in companies with active ethics programs who observe leaders modeling ethical behavior, and also observe the application of values such as honesty, respect and trust applied frequently at work, report more positive experiences that include the following:? Less pressure on employees to compromise ethics standards? Less observed misconduct at work? Greater willingness to report misconduct? Greater satisfaction with their organization?s response to misconduct they report? Greater overall satisfaction with their organizations? Greater likelihood of ?feeling valued? by their organizations

Findings of ConcernThe NBES uncovered a substantial gap between senior and middle managers and lower-level employees. A consistent finding with management was the perception that their organizations have a positive ethical environment. This conflicts with the perception of lower-level employees however. This suggests that executives may underestimate the importance of specific ethics issues and concerns facing employees.

This disconnect may also position executives to fail to address these issues adequately within their organization?s ethics programs. Therefore it is important for executives to include input from employees at lower levels in the development of ethics programs and to continue to seek out their input and feedback on a regular basis.

In addition to the communications gap between employees and executives, one in three employees believe that their coworkers will perceive them as ?snitches? if they report misconduct. This is roughly the same proportion of employees who believe that management will see them as ?troublemakers? for reporting ethical concerns. A key element to take away from this discovery is the need to address and eliminate retaliation systemically, at the management and peer levels throughout the organization.

Questions AnsweredLet?s go back to our two key questions: ?How do workplace ethics apply to practical goals of my organization and the work of my employees?? and ?Is there reliable data to support these assertions?? There are a variety of practical reasons for executives to focus on workplace ethics and reliable data that supports these efforts. The NBES findings consistently link ethics programs to more positive organizations outcomes and increased employee satisfaction.

It would be naïve to suggest that an emphasis on ethics will improve the work environment and solve the company?s problems overnight. In many cases a well developed and organized effort to target key ethical issues sends an important message. It tells employees that your organization is moving in a positive direction, one that is positive for them as individuals.

Establishing an Ethics ProgramEstablishing an ethics program is not an exact science. As with any organizational program, it will involve the input and cooperation of many people. The effectiveness of any organization?s approach will depend on characteristics that are unique to its culture, the leadership styles, proper planning, and so on. Since some people may be uncomfortable talking about the issues of ethics it can be helpful if management first asks, considers, and then responds to the following questions:

? Why might good people in this organization do unethical things?? What are our organization?s values?? Have we adequately articulated these values internally and externally?? Does our organization have written ethics policies, procedures, or structures?? To whom is our organization accountable?? What do we mean by ?success??? Does the leadership of our organization support the idea of an ethical workplace?

With the feedback obtained by discussing the questions above, management will have a better idea of the perceptions their employees have on how the company is performing ethically.

In the end, it?s all about beginning with our personal and collective understanding of ethics. The second step is awareness of, and solutions to, questions concerning ethics as applied to the workplace. Many universities are now heavily applying the teaching of ethics to their curricula. Graduates of these programs take this information into the workforce with the understanding that solid, positive ethics need to be applied there as well as in the private sector.

In a perfect world, corporations will be better able to avoid embarrassing scandals that appear and reappear in both national and world-wide news scandals. Small businesses will be able to keep and attract more clients and customers. Negotiations between businesses could be accomplished with increased consideration for the other company. This is something for which we can all strive.

About the Author

Natalie Rhoden is the Director of Marketing Communications at Doherty Employment Group in Minneapolis, MN.

Article by Fronce Koons

Start An MLM Home Business

Have you at any time thought of what it would be like to start an MLM home business?

The first move is to form the choice to begin an MLM home business. There are even hundreds of people that have failed to take the first step and have refused to act on the probability to living the life they have only fancied about.

MLM Home Business: How to Start One

Finding the right MLM home business that you can get excited about is not hard. Deciding to step forward and apply action to start your enterprise is the hard part.

Having confidence in yourself and your ability to follow through with your decision to produce your dream come true is all it requires.

Confusion and delaying is your worst enemy, which if tolerated to control your life, will keep you where you are without the chance of living your dreams.

Home Business: Getting Started

There is usually support from your up line, notwithstanding, they are not building your business for you, you are creating your own MLM home business. Eventually it is your decision how you finish this.

The easiest method of earning results with your MLM home business is by finding a funded proposal system like My Lead System Pro, which is the preferred MLM lead generation system in the world today. My Lead System Pro is a funded proposal system which pays you even if your leads do not join you in your principal MLM enterprise.

When you commit to your decision to begin your MLM home business, the decision must embody the determination and persistence to do everything that is NECESSARY to be successful for as long as it takes, (there is no expiry date).

Home Business: Preparation

Planning is highly worthwhile, and minus a plan there won’t be any profitable action. To plan ahead and make a choice on your course of action, you need to ask yourself ahead of time what you want to do, or “what is it I would be intersted in doing”.

I recommend you get into an MLM home business business that you are attracted in and then your enthusiasm for the enterprise will provoke you to move forward.

Once you get into the principal Internet marketing enterprise then you need to advertise that business.

In reality, marketing is really what your opportunity is all about. It is promoting your enterprise to discovery leads and attract and endorse them into your enterprise.

You will then direct them in their enterprise so they can start generating money immediately or they won’t stay with you long.

Offer them valuable guidance for their marketing plan by using resources and tools like My Lead System Pro in order to train and teach them your business.

Home Business: Build an Action Plan

Advertising is what marketing is all about with an MLM home business.

To execute this well, attraction marketing is the easiest plan of action.

This is where My Lead System Pro is ever so valuable.

Although it is not an MLM opportunity, MLSP is constructed as a MLM teaching system which is easy to follow with the use step-by-step videos from all types of marketing tactics that are revealed by the greatest profitable and top earners in the industry.

Once you have presented your enterprise to your family, friends, and co-workers, and they don’t join you in your business, what now?

You ought to to have a method to discover better people to share your enterprise with.

Just as any brick and mortar business, you ought to have traffic in volume to have enough customers to stay in business. This is how it is done with the MLM network marketing industry.

The use of the Internet is the best place to market in these days, and anyone is practicing it. The best mode to promote online is using the use of a MLM marketing system which is already set up to offer you the training and tools to promote to any given targeted industry.

My Lead System Pro is the greatest choice in this. It is a funded proposal system that includes all the tools and resources you need to contact your target market, and you get paid even if they don’t join your primary enterprise.

Home Business: Follow up and Follow Through

Decide on a marketing strategy from the leaders of MLSP and get good at it. This will create leads by the ideas of attraction marketing in use by the top Internet Marketers in the world.

Follow up is essential to exploding a relationship with your prospects and turn them into customers or partners in your enterprise.

Although it is not an MLM business, MLSP is built as a mlm training system which is extremely easy to follow with step-by-step videos from all types of marketing techniques that are unveiled by the utmost successful and top income earners in the mlm industry.

You can be guaranteed that you will be receiving the exceedingly up-to-date state of the art techniques which work today in this economy.

Don’t be mis-informed by what other people tell you that you do not have to do anything to accomplish money. You do not need to do anything less than work your butt off and I mean it! The early stages of your MLM home business require more time and effort, so don’t forget it!

We are here to help you build your MLM home business with your MLM prospecting and help you contact your target market to build a profitable opportunity, not only for you, but for your team as well.

About the Author

To learn more about how you can have dramatic success in your MLM home business, using these strategies, it’s important to learn everything you possibly can about how to market online when you start your business. Visit the following link and learn more about building an MLM home business using this method from an industry expert Robert Dorsey.

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