Business Ethics in the Workplace

- Services SETA: 12611, US252042
Module 1: Understand the Relationship between Values, Ethics and Organisational Culture
- Demonstrate the relationship between personal values, organisational ethics, and the entity's culture through examples from the South African workplace
- Illustrate the complexity of the conflicts between personal values and the entity's values and ethical codes with examples from the South African workplace
- Analyse and describe the potential impact of organisational values and culture on the entity's triple bottom line
Module 2: Apply the Concept of Corporate Ethics to a Unit
- Explain the imperatives for ethical conduct in South African organisations with reference to acts, regulations, codes and other documents relevant to the entity
- Analyse the role of corporate governance within an entity to determine the contribution of a unit in promoting internal organisational codes and ethical practices
- Analyse the specific ethical practices of a unit in different areas with examples
Module 3: Analyse a Unit in Relation to the Principles of Corporate Ethics
- Select an instrument for analysing individual and organisational conduct in respect of organisational values, codes of conduct and corporate ethics
- Apply the instrument to gather and record information within a unit in respect of organisational values, codes of conduct and corporate ethics
- Apply the instrument to evaluate the current state in a unit against the desired state in respect of organisational values, codes of conduct and corporate ethics
Module 4: Formulate Recommendations for Strengthening Shared Organisational Values and Ethical Practices
- Prepare an implementation plan that describes the strengthening of the entity's values, code of conduct and ethical practices in the unit
- Describe the role and responsibilities of the manager in terms of decision making to strengthen the values, code of conduct and ethical practices in a unit and the entity
- Outline the communication activities for promoting the entity's values, code of conduct and ethical practices in the plan, with role allocation and time frames
- Describe the process for monitoring and evaluating improvements in relation to the entity's organisational values, code of conduct and ethical practices in a unit with role allocation and time frames