Hi All,

I’m in the process of compiling data on "Employee Ethics in the Corporate Culture" as in an employee should not disclose necessary confidential information/data outside related to his project/his present organization, to duly fulfill all the handing over formalities after tendering in the resignation etc etc. This is basically a compilation of all the ethics an employee should exhibit from the day he joins an organization to the day he makes his exit from the organization and maybe after resigning too, if applicable.

I would really appreciate inputs from the group on this topic. Trust me, you would be a great help.

Regards
ekta

Dear ekta,

Here are some pointers on ethics. Sources being some of the leading corporations worldwide. I had done this some time back therefore am not able to recollect the names of the organisations.

Use these to create a framework and then get your Management team to identify and discuss what do they understand by ethics and its context with the organisation. Then you need to expand these or more (as decided by the management) to provide a meaning to each of these pointers in your work context. This shall form a policy framework. Additionally you will need to supplement this with an NDA (Non-disclosure Agreement).

(You may try searching on Google.com for Ethics - You will come across a wealth of information. This will give you an idea. Avoid using any readymade document. You need one for your organisation, for its needs.)

SOME POINTERS:
Corporate Citizenship:
Honesty:
Responsibility:
Integrity:
Respect:
Trust & Teamwork:
Innovation:
Quality:

Hope this helps.

Regards,

msantos

This is one difficult question because it is interpreted by most in the fashion, he or she deems fit. We as recruiters make use of this weakness in the most productive way to elicit information about the company, projects, people in it etc....

Competitive intelligence is something which exists because of this weakness. Yes ofcourse, financial and other sensitive information is something that need to be shared discreetly within one's organisation so make the person aware of the sensitivity of the information being shared.

As for making the person responsible when he is within the organisation, there are many clauses you can put in his appointment letter to scare him/her off. Any information to be kept within an organisation should be forcefully said so / declared so..... It would be interesting to know how others have managed to tackle the problem.

Regards

Bishnoi