UNETHICAL BUSINESS

PRACTICES
 1. INTRODUCTION
2. UNETHICAL PRACTICES
3. UNETHICAL PRACTICES BY INDIVIDUALS
CONTENTS 4. UNETHICAL PRACTICES BY ORGANISATION
5. MEASURES TO REDUCE UNETHICAL PRACTICES
  Business ethics are more than moral values and
principles that determine our conduct in the
business world.
INTRODUCTION
 But there are some organizations who thrive on
unethical behaviour and practices.
 Actions that don’t conform to the acceptable
standards of business operations.

UNETHICAL  It means individual or a group who are indulged in

PRACTICES wrong practices.
 Misuse of company’s time.
 It includes employees covering for someone who shows up late
or alternating a time sheet

UNETHICAL  Employees conducting personal business on company time.

PRACTICES
BY Abusive behaviour
 Leaders or managers who use their position and power to
INDIVIDUALS mistreat other
 There is often little to no legal protection against abusive
behaviour in the workplace.
 Sexual harassment and bullying
 Employees could commit unethical behaviour by sexually
harassing co-workers
 Bullying involves attempting to intimidate a co-worker by
making demeaning comments or physical threats.
UNETHICAL
PRACTICES
Inappropriate computer/ internet use
BY
 This includes employees using computer or internet for personal
INDIVIDUALS reasons.
 Random internet surfing
 Employee sometime use company email to spread inappropriate
contents.
 Employee theft or illegal acts

This includes various tampering or not recording company’s

UNETHICAL information to skim or manipulate data.
PRACTICES Accounting or auditing irregularities.

BY Improper dealings with customers or vendors.

Manipulations with sales records.
INDIVIDUALS
Working while under the influence of illicit controlled substances or
alcohol.
 Misleading Product Information:
Many companies promote injurious products with
UNETHICAL misleading information
BUSINESS
PRACTICES BY Unfair Competition
ORGANISATION Defamation of Competitors
Misappropriation of trade secrets of competitor.
 Mistreating Employees:
UNETHICAL
BUSINESS  Work for long hours and underpay them.

PRACTICES BY  Not feasible working environment.

 Biased attitude of the employer.
ORGANISATION
 Discrimination
 Establish a Strong Foundation

Code of Conduct
MEASURES
Raising Training Standards
TO
Risk Assessment
REDUCE
Re –Evaluate situations and improve it
UNETHICAL
Be customer focus
PRACTICES Create a Culture of Transparency
 Build Culture of Integrity
MEASURES
TO Teach the importance of ethics among employees
REDUCE Keep the promises and commitments to employees
UNETHICAL Acknowledge and reward good performance
PRACTICES Create a sense of openness among employees
 Better HR Policies

MEASURES  Better Grievance Management

TO Better Reward System
REDUCE Fair performance evaluation
UNETHICAL Focus on retention of valuable employees
PRACTICES Training and Developing Managers and Employees.
Efficient Hiring