This week we looked at and
learned about honesty and ethics as they related to business. I have tried to
live my life with as much and honesty as I could. I apply this to every
situation that I have at work every day. How would I want to be treated in this
situation? What is the honest option? How can my personal ethics be applied to
my career?
How would I want to be treated
in this situation? When I approach any situation that includes choices and
options that could be, or lead to dishonesty towards others or me I would want
to be treated with as much honesty as they can. Allowing for this i can better
treat other people with as much honesty as I am able to muster. I do not
deliver it in a way that could hurt the person that I am talking to though.
Honesty goes a long way in a person’s personnel life and can go an even greater
distance in their professional life. In the professional world your word is
what can make or break a deal. It can keep a valued employee working for you,
or it can drive them away. An honest businessperson will usually win out over
the dishonest person in the end.
A person’s or businesses ethics
start with their level of honesty. If they have a high level of honesty, they
are more likely to act in more ethical ways towards their employees, customers,
partner businesses, and suppliers. Ethical people will choose to bring their business
to others of the same high standards. This can be a boon to those that lead
their businesses with high moral values.
The line of being an ethical business
is a fine line and must always be watched. If you trip up and begin to fall you
will have a harder time getting back to the top of the hill you have fallen. Your
employees will have a hard time trusting you to treat them properly. Your
customers will be unwilling to bring their business to you and your suppliers
will not trust you to pay for their goods.
How do you as a consumer want to
be treated? How would you feel if your employer treated you unfairly and had
little to no honesty with you? Would you want to supply a company that has few
or low ethics? Make the right choices and you will benefit from them in this
world and the next.
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