Work Ethics & Corporate Culture

WORK ETHICS &CORPORATE CULTURE

Yinka Olaitowww.yinkaolaito.com

www.michaelsageng.com

ETHICS?

It deals with moral principles and social values. It helps us to classify what is good

and what is bad? It tells us to do good things and avoid doing bad things.

ETHICS?

Ethics helps us to detach good from bad, right from wrong, fair from unfair, moral and immoral and proper and improper

human action

WORK ETHICS?

The belief that work has a moral benefit and an inherentability to strengthen

character. -Business Dictionary

WORK ETHICS

Good work ethic is simply doing your main job in the best manner

possible...professionally.

WORK ETHICS

Working intensely, not giving in to useless distraction, being available to provide

assistance at work, happy to take and give suggestions, etc. It also means that your work has its place in your entire life i.e.

family life, social life, and other obligations also have to be attended to

WORK ETHICS

Getting to work on time, being self-directed, having initiative, a positive

attitude with your fellow workers and the customer, performing high quality work, not being a clock watcher and most of all knowing how to be loyal to the company,

and the people you work with

Dependability

Enthusiasm and commitment

Productivity

Collaboration and teamwork

Character

Work ethics Fundamentals

Have a positive attitude to work

Work ethics Fundamentals

Ensure you retain a place for fun and relaxation in your work regime

Work ethics Fundamentals

Show respect for the decision maker even if you disagree with the decision

Work ethics Fundamentals

Understand that great teamwork relies on genuine interpersonal relationships

Work ethics Fundamentals

Exercise restraint in times of stress in the workplace

Work ethics Fundamentals

Be empathetic with your work colleagues

Work ethics Fundamentals

Treat co-workers with sensitivity

Work ethics Fundamentals

Be prepared to do everything you can to support an agreed project

Corporate culture

Culture: the “glue” that holds an organization together.

the “compass” that provides directions.

Work ethics and Corporate culture

Corporate culture is the set of assumptions, beliefs, practices, formal and informal rules

and attitudes about how a company operates

- Anthony Cerminaro

Reasons for disconnect

We pick up someone else's ringing phone."

Reasons for disconnect

A company's culture is often buried so deeply inside rituals, assumptions,

attitudes, and values that it becomes transparent to an organization's

members only when, for some reason, it changes.

–Rob Goffee

Reasons for disconnect

The oppressive atmosphere in most companies resembles downtown

Calcutta in summer. -Christopher Bartlett

Despite these:

Ask yourself: Why am I on the payroll

Despite these:

Ask yourself: What are my Kpi/Kra

Despite these:

Assess the true value of everything

Despite these:

Note your highest -value activities

Despite these:

What can I do that will make real difference

In closing

It's the action, input... that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean

you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be

no result. -Mahatma Gandhi

Conclusion

Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe:

practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than

dream: work.” ― William Arthur Ward

Q&A

CONTACT

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