Introduction
Ethical guidelines are essential in an organization, in an industry and the community as a whole. They control the behavior of the workers and the way in which activities are performed in a corporation. The guidelines are employed in a corporation in order to ensure that the organization attains the set goals; they are encompassed into the code of conduct in the organization.
All the workers are committed to adhering to the developed ethical guidelines. The Expert Consulting Group (ECG) relies on workers who are serious, accountable and engaged and these ethical guidelines are established so as to verify the ethical standards of the organization.
The guidelines are focused on developing the culture of the company and the behaviors of the workers so as to reveal the values that develop the base of activities in the ECG (Brown & Williams, 2003).
This paper will identify and discuss three specific ethical guidelines established by any government or regulatory body that are applicable to ECG. These guidelines might also need to be encompassed in to the code of conduct. Ethical guidelines discussed in this paper include communication, working environment and corruption.
Discussion
Communication is the first ethical guideline. It entails the exchange of words from the employer to employees and vice versa. It deals with how open, fair and accountable the people in an organization are. One of the most vital constituents of communication is the target and approach used by the communicator.
The communication amongst the workers and the managers, workers and workers and any other unit should be obliging so as to enable every member of the corporation to be able to participate in decision making. The staff members should have friendly communication between themselves and the administration. The communication should be sincere and dependable.
This is significant to the organization as it will assist the institution in achieving its goals. Through communication, the staff members will attend to clients in a straight forward manner. Open communication enables workers to build confidence amongst themselves and the customers. The staff members in the ECG should be notified of issues related to their work in due time (Johannesen, 2001).
Another ethical guideline is the working environment. This refers to the surroundings in the place of work. It may also refer to mental situation in the work place. Working environment should be exemplified by equality, candidness and patience. Staff members should conduct themselves properly when undertaking their duties. They should appreciate others.
They should also recognize other cultures and their beliefs. This helps in promoting diversity by making sure that there is no prejudice in terms of belief, culture, social position and political notions. This enables them to convey services to all customers who are situated at the various organizations that have been developed by the ECG (Clerc, 1985).
Corruption is the third ethical guideline that the ECG should embrace in the code of conduct. It refers to wrongdoing on the side of an authority in an organization. This is usually through ways that are illegal, dissolute and irreconcilable with ethical standards. It often arises from patronage and is linked with bribery.
The staff members in an organization should not be engaged in corrupt deals when undertaking consulting endeavours on behalf of the ECG. The workers and the organization should stick to anti corrupt rules developed by the government.
This enables them to eradicate corruption in the various localities that the company has developed its businesses. This is to satisfy the wants of the customers without corrupt exchanges. The employees should not participate in illegal boycotts whether globally or in their nation (Burke, 2009).
Conclusion
The above three ethical guidelines make certain that all the workers in and outside the organization undertake their activities in an ethical manner and conformity to the standards developed by the ECG, the authority and any other regulatory group.
The workers should employ fair judgement and caution when conveying services on behalf of the ECG. The ECG should also follow the laws developed by the government and any other regulatory agency when undertaking its activities (Brown & Williams, 2003).
References
Brown, P. S., & Williams, B.C. (2003). Ethics in a multicultural context. Calif: Sage Publications.
Burke, J.R. (2009). Research Companion to Corruption in Organizations. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Clerc, M. J. (1985). Introduction to working conditions and environment.Geneva: International Labor Office.
Johannesen, L. R. (2001). Ethics in human communication. Prospect Heights: Waveland Press.