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Check Yourself - An Ethics Self
Assessment By Bryan
Yingst / October 2007
Self-evaluation is a
critical component of business ethics. People should
spend as much time looking in the mirror as they do
watching and judging the behavior of others. Ethics is
not just the act of complying to rules, but involves the
desire to do the right thing. Periodically examine and
reflect on your own behaviors to ensure you are staying
on the ethical track.
Use the following ethics self-assessment as a guide to
identifying your integrity strengths and the areas you
need to work on.
In the previous several months, have I ...
- Conducted personal business on company time?
- Used or taken company resources for personal
purposes?
- Called-in sick when I really wasn't?
- Used an ethnically derogative term when
referring to another person
- Told or passed along an ethnically or sexually
oriented joke?
- Engaged in negative gossip, or spread rumors
about someone?
- "Bad mouthed" the company or management to
co-workers
- "Snooped" into a co-workers conversations or
private affairs?
- Passed along information that was shared with me
in confidence?
- Knowingly ignored (violated) an organizational
rule or procedure?
- Failed to follow through on something I said I
would do?
- Withheld information that others needed?
- "Fudged" on a time sheet, billing sheet,
estimate, or report?
- Knowingly delivered a poor quality (or
defective) good or service?
- Been less than honest (lied or manipulated the
truth) to make a sale?
- Accepted an inappropriate gift or gratuity?
- Taken or accepted credit for something that
someone else did?
- Failed to admit to or correct a mistake I made?
- Knowingly let someone mess up and get into
trouble?
Consider the effect that any of these actions may
have on the ethical integrity of your organization.
What seems like a miniscule blunder or action could
have a negative effect on the company's bottom line.
Learn ways to practice good ethics, and prevent
harmful decision making.
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