Employers and employees have a unique relationship. The employee agrees to provide the employer with a fair day’s work.
In return, the employer agrees to provide a fair day’s wage.
Use the three-step checklist to determine whether or not the following situations demonstrate ethical behavior
1. Who owns my time?
Ama is a receptionist for Media Technologies. After the company installed voice mail, Ama’s workload became lighter, so her supervisor assigned additional responsibilities, including some accounting tasks. Even with these assignments, Ama is not always busy. To fill the time, she plays computer games
Questions:
1. Is the action illegal?
2. Does the action violate company or professional standards?
3. Who is affected, how and by the action?
2. Outside Employment
Kwabena was hoping to make a little extra money for the holidays so he decided to do a part-time job at the Accra Mall for the month of December. (Note: He did have the job approved through Human Resources Department).
Can Kwabena use his accrued annual leave time to take off on Fridays and work this other job, since it will only last a month and he has plenty of vacation?
3. Alcohol-Free Workplace
One afternoon, Yaw’s boss asked him for a report his section had been working on. The report was needed immediately for a meeting going on upstairs. He knew his co-worker, Kwame, had a copy so Yaw went to Kwame’s office to get it, but Kwame wasn’t there.
He saw the report he was looking for on Kwame’s desk, but when he went to grab it and he accidentally knocked over a glass on his desk. The drink spilled everywhere, and it was then Yaw realised that the glass had been filled with an alcoholic beverage.