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    This document discusses principles and channels of ethical communication. It outlines four principles of ethical communication: acting with joint interest, acting with sensitivity, acting with curiosity, and acting with openness. It then discusses channels of ethical communication including ethics committees, ethics communication systems, ethics officers, ethics training programs, and disciplinary systems. The goal is to establish standards and processes to guide ethical decision making and ensure employees understand and follow the organization's values and code of conduct.

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    This document discusses principles and channels of ethical communication. It outlines four principles of ethical communication: acting with joint interest, acting with sensitivity, acting with curiosity, and acting with openness. It then discusses channels of ethical communication including ethics committees, ethics communication systems, ethics officers, ethics training programs, and disciplinary systems. The goal is to establish standards and processes to guide ethical decision making and ensure employees understand and follow the organization's values and code of conduct.

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    ETHICAL COMMUNICATION

    PRINCIPLES AND CHANNELS

    PRESENTED BY
    NASEEF C P
    B BATCH
    PRINCIPLES
    1 ACTING WITH JOINT INTEREST
    • Giving up own role oriented behaviour is a key component
    of ethically based communication in organisations.
    • Egg ; rather than simply focusing on your own objectives
    during presentations and discussions ,show your
    willingness to explore joint interest and their benefits of
    others.
    2 ACTING WITH SENSITIVITY
    • Sensitive communication focuses on managing the
    emotions of others and practising carefully controlled non-
    violent communication that does not create negative
    emotional states , such as anger or fear.
    3 ACTING WITH CUROUSITY
    • It is important to recognize that your views are not the only
    truth and that other people’s ideas.
    • Curiosity is expressed by remaining silent, allowing others
    to speak asking questions and encourage others to say
    more.
    4 ACTING WITH OPENESS
    • People often withhold information that others have a right
    to know, or they keep quiet about things for their own
    advantage.
    • Egg TATA steel has a policy of intimating all of its
    employees about the daily happenings in the company
    ETHICAL COMMUNICATION
    CHANNELS
    ETHICS COMMITTEE
    Formulate ethics policies
    Develop ethical standards
    Members of ethical committees should be well chosen
    Well knowledge of industry , code of ethics and community standard.
    Committee members should be selected for their objectivity and
    commitment to ethical standards
    They should also be conscious of the corporate culture and ethical
    conscience of the organisation
    ETHICS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
    • Ethics communication system play crucial role in making an
    ethics programme successful.

    • Allow employees to make enquiries , get advices if needed


    report wrongdoing.

    • It is necessary to have a system to communicate and educate


    employees about the ethical standards and policies.
    Objectives of ethics communication system
    • 1 Communicate company values and standard of ethical
    business conduct to employees
    • 2 Provide information to employees on the company’s policies
    and procedures regarding ethical business conduct
    • 3 Put in place processes to help employees obtain guidance and
    to resolve questions regarding firm’s standard of conduct and
    value
    • 4 Establish means of enquiry such as telephone hotlines,
    suggestion boxes and e-mail facilities.
    • Employees are often asked to sign their allegiance to the
    organization and its values and goals.

    • Reminders in form of multi coloured laminated posters,


    placed at common areas of meeting.

    • Eg ; Wipro sos,helpline which comprises of senior


    members
    ETHICS OFFICER
    • The ethics officer has now become a recognized job title , and
    there is now a professional association for such individuals.

    • Roles of an ethics officer

    • Responsible for accessing the needs and risks that an organization


    wide ethics programme must address.

    • Developing and distributing code of conduct

    • Conducting training programme for employees


    • Eg ; TATA steel , ethics counsellor, ethics coordinators
    ETHICS TRAINING PROGRAMMES
    • Ensuring their ethical behaviour in an organisation
    • Offer assistance to employees to understand the ethical
    issue that are likely to arise in their work environment
    • Sensitize them on the need of ethical behaviour

    It will help to ensure


    • Recognize situation that might require ethical decision
    making
    • Under stand values and culture of organisation
    • Evaluate the impact of ethical decision company in light of
    its value structure
    DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM

    • Just working out a code of conduct of ethical behaviour


    will serve little purpose in organizations.
    • It should be properly enforced
    • It deals with ethical infractions promptly and decisively
    • Investigate causes thoroughly
    • Consistent
    • Think of the consequences
    • Show due care
    Approaches to bear the desired result
    • To be very clear about goals and means of implementing
    the programme
    • Set realistic and easily observable objectives
    • Associate senior managers in development and running of
    programme
    • Develop a programme exclusively for the particular
    workplace
    • Ensure that the programme is not a series of lectures
    • Ensure existence of a disciplinary system
    • Create a machinery for continuous monitoring and
    evaluation
    • THANK YOU

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