Question

1. Naomi, a human resource executive with Enigma Corp., bought a pair of sunglasses online during her office hours. In this scenario, discuss the kind of misconduct that Naomi engaged in and other kinds of misconduct that belong to the same category as per the National Business Ethics Survey.
2. Discuss why it is important for companies to have codes of ethics.

Answer 1

1. Naomi, a human resource executive with Enigma Corp., bought a pair of sunglasses online during her office hours. In this scenario, the human resource executive works on his own benefit while utilising the company resources. This broke the code of conduct of organisation. As other employees may also follow same kind of practices during working hours. Hence, it deteriorates the performance of the company at the end. As per National Business Ethics Survey, the performance ethics is deteriorated by the employees of the company by doing such acts in the organization. Other practices such as taking rewards for extra works without company involvement, sharing information with fellows or best buddies comes under these kind of acts which are threat to the ethical business in long run.

B. The code of ethics are important for the company to have because it depicts the organization culture to employees. Code of ethics foster the environment and organization culture with trust, loyalty and ethical behavior. It helps in managing the integrity of the organization in case of any conflict arises. It helps in outperformance with excellence. It develops the great reputation.