Ethical Responsibilities are Important in Organizations

 Payton Szymczak 

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    It is exceedingly important that the highest end of companies, the CEO, creates an environment for their employees valuing morally correct codes of ethics. Following ethical responsibilities in the particular company is important to stress, and hopefully if the CEO follows an ethical code, the employees trickling down the line of the entire company will as well. 

    In the article, Follow the Leader: Ethics and Responsibility, the idea of following ethical responsibilities is stressed. For example, as quoted in the article, the author, Virgil Scudder, stated, "One of a CEO's most important jobs is to create, foster and communicate the culture of the organization." This comes from words and from actions, and is hoped to be further communicated throughout the organization in order to create a well kept community and culture for employees. 

    The article also touches on red flags that could potentially expose the real culture of the organization. For example, the article explains how it is important to find out whether or not the corporate culture tries to face the particular issue head on and solve it or not and furthermore creating steps to fix them. Another factor explained in the article is whether or not a corporate culture rewards behavior that tries to cover things up which would be an example of a red flag. 

    The article progresses into further detail about what behavioral activity could potentially cause dishonesty in the organization, such as intense pressure towards the employees to meet unrealistic goals, the constant demand to beat their competitors, and the intense fear of losing their job. These factors can all create a dishonest organization and can possibly result in employees breaking the rules. 

    All of these factors lead into the topic of another article, Bits, Bytes and the Ethics of Data, the problem with the scientific methods to get insights from data. As Karen Swim, the author of this article, states, "In their quest for research funding, some data scientists might forego scientific rigor and ethical considerations." There needs to be responsibilities to make an ethical framework for data use and practices, as also explained in the article. People universally use data and statistics to trust certain sources and stories that they are reading their news from. The data collection should be accurate. 

    All in all, companies and organizations need to make sure they are displaying an ethically responsible and honest environment to instill trust.