Workplace Behavior

Report from Resume Now Explains Why Values in the Workplace Are Sometimes Ignored Every so often, I come across an interesting survey that emphasizes the importance of ethics in the workplace. I just read one that deals with values. This new survey from Resume Now shows a widespread “values gap”—the disconnect between corporate messaging and lived employee […]

Weighing the Harms and Benefits of Alternative Actions We would like to think that organizations run their businesses ethically and, for the most part, this is true. However, there may be circumstances when a supervisor asks you to do something illegal or unethical. There are a variety of reasons this could occur including: Examples of

Consider the Consequences of Your Actions Dating in the workplace is fraught with potential problems, not the least of which is a conflict of interest for a superior who has to evaluate an employee but is also dating that person. Can the supervisor rate the employees’ performance objectively? Perhaps so, but the problem is that