Importance and Improvement of Personal Ethics

Introduction

Ethics means policies and principals govern a person’s behaviour. Integrity is being honest and trustworthy of a person’s action. As you have requested, this article will explain how personal ethics and integrity is an important factor to build the credibility of a manager as a good communicator in the workplace. It is important to identify how ethics affect to be a better communicator for a manager to accomplish the company’s goals. This paper outlines firstly interpersonal communication ethics, then focus on the importance of personal ethics and finally how to improve personal ethics.

Ethics in Interpersonal Communication

In the modern era, ethics and corporate communication programs are developing rapidly. But people still have not applied it to their practice. As an example, even though people participated in ethical programs to protect themselves from unethical actions by their managers or coworkers, still people do not take action against them. Interpersonal communication ethics are founded on personal moral and individual talent to handle communication in a proper manner (Beckett 2003). Every person in the company should know about their personal goals and the company core values. Furthermore, managers need to communicate openly with the employees to create value for the organization (Rampersad 2006). Bews & Rossouw (2002) have pointed out that ‘there is a positive relationship between interpersonal trust and the factors of trustworthiness which are openness, integrity, benevolence, competence, history of interactions and personality characteristics’.

Importance of Personal Ethics

Ethics starts with integrity which needs to learn by self. Companies encourage their employees and managers to act ethically for the sustainability of the company (Rampersad 2006). Trust is an important factor for management, as well as being honest in communication is important for the employees. Managers need to communicate their subordinates frequently and openly to achieve company goals. If the managers did not communicate the task or the goals of the company properly to the employees, they will not perform their work accurately to achieve that task (Bews & Rossouw 2002). Beckett (2003) has explained that ‘the communication ethics encourage managers to consider their views and roles based on personal integrity, to allow mediation between competing positions and to provide individual protection against larger groups, where coercion and manipulation are possible’.

How to Improve Personal Ethics?

Managers are responsible for providing or communicating the true picture to their employees and need to be honest with them. People will follow ethical procedures, when they are, controlling themselves, they have their own mission or when the company evaluates their results of being ethical or when the company goal is matching with their ambition. People can improve their ethical behaviour by communicating with colleagues effectively and trustworthy, having transparency, celebrate others success honestly, Judge others fairly without underestimating, respect to others decisions by less speaking and more listening (Rampersad 2006). Trust is a thing which cannot give simple but need to earn by managers or employees, which trustworthiness is a significant feature for a good communicator. Managers can achieve this through trust-training (Bews & Rossouw 2002).

Conclusion

To conclude this article, Personal ethics and integrity is the most important factor for managers for being a good communicator as well as to act in bona fide. Moreover, it may encourage them to stand against the unethical actions, oppression or manipulation. If there are poor communication ethics, integrity or trustworthiness, the company cannot achieve its goals and objectives.