Organizational Behavior

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ines organization as ¡§a structure through which individuals cooperate systematically to conduct business¡¨ as well as ¡§the administrative personnel of such a structure¡¨ (The American Heritage Dictionary: Fourth Edition). Thus, the above definition reveals two things:
First, an organization is a workplace where both the parties that is the employees and the employers work hand in glove to reap benefits, generate profits and form integral parts of an entire system to do business. Second, an organization is a structure managed and organized by the administrative authority and is based on certain rules and regulations. Thus the above chain of definition leads to the following definitions of the term ¡§ethics¡¨. Lexical meanings of ethics are many, but the ones that are relevant to our research paper are briefly discussed below:
Ethics are the ¡§rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession¡¨ or ethics are defined as ¡§a set of principles of right conduct¡¨ as well as ¡§a theory or a system of moral values¡¨ (Webster¡¦s Revised Unabridged Dictionary). Hence, these carefully formulated rules and policies determine ¡§the actions or reactions of a person in response to external or internal stimuli¡¨ thereby energizing behavior of the employees and motivating them to perform accordingly (American Heritage Dictionary).
For that reason, all the reactions to an action as well as the rules and the policies drafted and the amendments made from time to time all form a fundamental part of the term ethics. In short, the people working for and the individuals owning a workplace form an organization where all are bound to obey the policies, rules and regulations constituting the social value system of an organization. Nonetheless, adhering to the ethical values and compelling people to do the same is not an easy job. Nevertheless, the growing agitation among the employees and the ...