What are your personal ethics?

Trying not to do harm to others

Equality, trying to help others, honesty, fairness, protecting family and friends

Sometimes you have to put your personal opinion aside in business

What do you think creates unethical practice?

Company policy forces employees to act in ways that they may feel is unethical (money)

Difficult situations where the ethical approach is not clear

Ethical practice can make it harder for a business to be successful

Company ethos, eg competitiveness, institutionalised racism

Personal ethics / bad attitude

How do you, as a manager, ensure you manage in an ethical way while still meeting your responsibilities to your company?

Be fair with everyone

Patience

Analyse the situation

Follow company’s policies

When they clash- follow procedure and law