Assignment: Teamwork And Productivity

Assignment: Teamwork And Productivity
Assignment: Teamwork And Productivity
Assignment: Teamwork And Productivity
Week 6 Organizational Ethics Presentation This week, you will submit your presentation using the Kaltura recording tool within Blackboard. See the Getting Started with Kaltura link listed under the Resources area in your course menu to learn how to use this tool. Your presentation must include both audio and visual components and be professional in nature. You will submit your final presentation here for grading, and you will submit it to the discussion board this week as a draft for your peers to review and as a final product to share. See the discussion board for details. 1. Choose a topic below. Taken from the assigned reading in Butts chapter 12, page 401, “Ethical Reflection: Typical Unethical or Illegal Behaviors in Organizations” 2. Create a presentation of 10-15 slides or screens excluding the title and references. Your slides/screen should include titles, main ideas, bullet points, and relevant images, charts, graphs, etc. 3. In your presentation: Describe an ethical situation, based on the chosen topic, that can get in the nurse’s way of practicing ethically. Describe the situation clearly and concisely. Identify how this situation relates to one provision within the Code of Ethics for Nurses. Identify two ethical principles that may arise when facing this situation. Discuss how a nurse might lessen the impact of the situation on the nurse’s practice. In addition to the course texts, cite and reference a minimum of two (2) additional scholarly sources to support your work. Close with a summary of your topic, and APA formatted reference slide(s). Audio is optional. Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.
ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS
Organizational ethics is the application of these morality related choices as influenced and guided by values, standards, rules, principles, and strategies associated with organizational activities and business situations. If ethics deals with the choices (the morality of right vs wrong) that individuals make in their personal and professional lives, then…
They are at ease interacting with diverse internal and external stakeholder groups. How do we describe an ethical organization? They are obsessed with fairness. Responsibility is individual rather than collective, with individuals assuming personal responsibility for actions of the organization. They see their activities in terms of purpose.
Ethical Ground Rules These are the bases by which we make ethical decisions. Provide the basic rules by which to govern behavior and meet the many different challenges of life.
Six Pillars of Character Trustworthiness Caring Respect Fairness and Justice Citizenship Responsibility
ETHICAL Ground Rules Foster a culture of honesty. Remind group members that they don’t have to like people to work with them. Affirm collective responsibility.
Spotlight the need for full participation. Everyone needs to take a fair share of the group work. Highlight the importance of developing and practicing listening skills.
Benefits of Managing Ethics in the Workplace Attention to ethics has substantially improved society. Ethics programs cultivate strong teamwork and productivity. Ethics programs support employee growth and meaning. Ethics programs help ensure that policies are legal.
Benefits of Managing Ethics in the Workplace Ethics programs help avoid criminal acts “of omission” and can avoid punishments. Ethics programs promote a strong public image. Managing ethical values in the workplace legitimizes managerial actions, strengthens the alignment of the organization’s culture, and improves trust in relationships between individuals and groups.
Who is responsible for creating Ethics in an Organization? The creation of an ethical organization resides with leaders and followers; leadership by nature demands that leaders be the front runners in establishing an ethical organization.
Ethics starts at the top! Thus, two things become apparent: 1. Organizational/business ethics are the responsibility of organizational leadership; and 2. The challenge of leaders to create an ethical organization is….difficult! “Leaders play THE key role in developing the ethical organization as they confront balancing operational and profit goals with corporate moral obligations to internal and external stakeholders”.