The workplace and evolving ethics for worthwhile productivity in the education sector

Abstract

This paper focused on the workplace and evolving ethics for worthwhile productivity with a focus on education. This becomes necessary because the education sector is bedevilled with several breaches ranging from insubordination, neglect of duty, physical confrontation, litigation, contempt of duty, examination fraud, misappropriation of funds, witch-hunting, the illegality of different magnitude and other forms of breaches. The paper explained basic concepts such as ethics, workplace ethics, leadership ethics, employees’ ethics, and morality. The project is that ethics are universal and should be observed by all in the workplace, especially in the education sector as it is the muster point for all other institutions and organisations in society. The paper also emphasized that becoming ethically oriented at the workplace is sometimes challenging as people are usually faced with ethical dilemmas; a situation whereby one finds him/herself in a fixed between morality and universal ethics. To overcome such, the paper listed several steps that be followed. The paper concludes that the ethical codes of organisation could be written symbols, cultural norms, religious doctrines, or institutional codes of conduct; what counts is the reflection of those concerned on the specified ethical codes. Since man is so dynamic and different people come together to form organisations, the individuals concerned must go beyond the general organizational ethical behaviour to establish personal ethical behaviour that complements the general goals and objectives if the organizational goals and objectives must be achieved, and the values sustained.