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Fundamentals of Work Ethics and corporate culture
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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
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