Everyone who is anyone has something to say about ethics: that we’ve all heard the term, that we all need ethics, that many people don’t have personal ethics, that businesses certainly don’t have ethics, that schools should teach more ethics, that businesses should do more employee training on ethics, that it’s not the same world it used to be…and on and on and on. But virtually no one talks about what ethics really are and what steps an organization can take to create an ethical workplace.
Workplace ethics are more than just doing what’s right. However, it is NOT religion even though some people are threatened because they think it’s “preachy” and it’s NOT shallow and unnecessary because of its simple message of “do what’s right.” The old saying that “there are two sides to every story” is what workplace ethics is all about. Real life doesn’t always present black and white choices; there are many grey areas that can demand answers that we are not prepared for.
Workplace ethics are a vital part of American culture. It wasn’t too many years ago that children worked in smoke-filled factories 16 hours a day; safety was non-existent and the maiming and deaths of workers were a matter of course; there was unethical price fixing; sexual harassment; physical abuse; ridiculous discriminatory hiring practices; and unfair wages. Americans demanded better…and we got it! Not without effort, not without struggle, but through perseverance and the knowledge that an ethical workplace is a better workplace.
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Showing posts with label business ethics workplace character. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Christian in Church, Christian at Work
I’d like to say a little bit about respect during the times of praise and worship. How does that have anything to do with the workplace? Read on and you’ll see.
When we come together as the Body of Christ in the congregation, we’re here for one reason…to praise and worship the Father together. The singing is joyful and lively and sometimes we lose sight of the fact that praise is a very holy activity and one to be treated with respect. Although most of us easily enter into praise, because of its “loudness” some folks think it’s a time to carry on conversations with each other and socialize. But it’s as holy here in church as it is during your private time at home.
And when the praise transcends to worship and the music becomes softer, it’s easy to lose interest, sit down and check our text messages, flip through the papers in your Bible, read the bulletin, whisper stuff to your neighbor. But we are a corporate body. We need each other. We need to hear each other singing, we need to see each other with our hands raised in adoration of the Father. If you are not physically able to stand up to worship God, then please by all means sit down, but I implore you for your sake and for the sake of your brothers, to remain in an attitude of worship.
Show respect for our Father, for our Saviour, and for the Spirit Who dwells within you; and show respect for the Body of Christ, which is around you.
As you begin to show respect for the corporate body of Christ, you’ll see an immediate tendency to show respect to the people you work with. If you’ll maintain that attitude of worshipping the Lord, it will make your workplace more peaceful and more productive. You can’t be a Christian in church and not in the workplace.
When we come together as the Body of Christ in the congregation, we’re here for one reason…to praise and worship the Father together. The singing is joyful and lively and sometimes we lose sight of the fact that praise is a very holy activity and one to be treated with respect. Although most of us easily enter into praise, because of its “loudness” some folks think it’s a time to carry on conversations with each other and socialize. But it’s as holy here in church as it is during your private time at home.
And when the praise transcends to worship and the music becomes softer, it’s easy to lose interest, sit down and check our text messages, flip through the papers in your Bible, read the bulletin, whisper stuff to your neighbor. But we are a corporate body. We need each other. We need to hear each other singing, we need to see each other with our hands raised in adoration of the Father. If you are not physically able to stand up to worship God, then please by all means sit down, but I implore you for your sake and for the sake of your brothers, to remain in an attitude of worship.
Show respect for our Father, for our Saviour, and for the Spirit Who dwells within you; and show respect for the Body of Christ, which is around you.
As you begin to show respect for the corporate body of Christ, you’ll see an immediate tendency to show respect to the people you work with. If you’ll maintain that attitude of worshipping the Lord, it will make your workplace more peaceful and more productive. You can’t be a Christian in church and not in the workplace.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Getting Volunteers & Staff to Cooperate
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