McQuade Library Student Worker Training Guide

The consequences of unethical conduct

Your employees’ unethical conduct can seriously damage your company’s reputation and credibility. If that happens, your brand and corporate image can suffer, and recovering from that (if that’s even a viable option) likely requires a huge investment of time and money.

Apart from diminished reputation and credibility, the following are some of the most negative effects associated with unethical conduct:

• Low employee engagement and employee morale
• Higher turnover and loss of value talent
• Drain on corporate resources
• Disruption of employee relations

The benefits of good ethical behavior

While unethical conduct can severely undercut your business, let’s see how good ethical behavior can have a positive effect, replete with great benefits. The perception of ethical behavior can have a very positive impact in the following:

• Employee performance
• Job satisfaction
• Organizational commitment
• Trust
• Organizational citizenship behaviors (e.g. altruism, conscientiousness, and courtesy)

https://beebole.com/blog/how-to-promote-workplace-ethics-in-your-business/ 

https://mostlovedworkplace.com/11-examples-of-integrity-in-the-workplace/