The work ethic: Scope and Relevance

Vices as passengers come visit us as guests and stay as masters. Confucius Overview, history has been much talk in recent years about the role of work ethic, especially when manifested corruption, illicit enrichment, and the lack of responsibility, commitment, interest on more individual aspects that group. A business ethics must be supported in their social responsibility to heeded as manifested in the organization, what their accomplishments, achievements. This time will be referred to the analysis of some aspects that we consider significant to determine its importance, scope, impact. It is said that the work ethic had its origin in both religious and secular values ​​during the Protestant Reformation, Calvinists, and later the American Puritans, very strongly supported the work ethic. Due to its religious origins has been called Protestant ethic, but also hold people belonging to different faiths. The religious view of the work ethic is that it is an act of service to God and neighbor, because it helps create a better society for human beings in order to use them, so the hard work and waste prevention are moral obligations.

Studies in several organizations confirm that employees have this work ethic usually feel a moral obligation with respect to ethics, rather than a rational choice or business From the 1950s came new cultural values ​​related to interdependence between organizations, societies and the environment. People began to realize that organizational actions transferred outside society costs with benefits, and perceived a decisive push to improve this relationship cost - benefit. In this way, the company could receive additional net profit organizations, benefits to be distributed more fairly. These new values ​​are in general the names of social responsibility, social responsiveness and social commitment.

Not surprisingly, it is said, that ethics and social responsibility are concepts that refer mainly to the quality of our relationships through time Consider the term ethics has been defined as the study of how our decisions affect others, achieve social responsibility and ethics in organizations have evolved considerably, now steers towards the analysis of ethical decisions and has also been concern theoretical managers and organizational responsibility to society. It is equally necessary to study the rights and obligations of individuals, of moral rules that apply when people make decisions and the essence of personal relationships. Implications It is noted that social responsibility and ethics in organizations is often controversial. Some observers argue that it is healthy, others are in decline and others that is dead or should be ignored. Investigations have been made in this regard indicate that there are large variations between the views. The proportion of employees with work ethic varies significantly between each group surveyed, depending on factors such as personal history, job type and location of it.

Consider, as analyzed by the chair of the Venezuelan administration Problems of School Administration Faces UC, the dramatic social changes that occurred in the latter half of the twentieth century also brought the decline of work ethic. Other competing social values ​​and ethics of work, have emerged such as the ethics of rest, the desire to maintain close interpersonal relationships and the belief be eligible for reward without work. In addition to changes in global social policy and tax laws have sought to reduce incentives to work and have even promoted the ban on heavy work. This illustrates the complexity of social relations at work and the work ethic depends on situational factors. However, in contrast to the above the basic philosophy of social responsibility proposes that we are all part of a social system and we all share our lives on the same planet. We must act consistently with this reality, take responsibility for our actions, comply with the company within the ethical framework of social responsibility and ethics supposed Advantages: Most business decisions have an ethical element, therefore, managers should include ethics to understanding organizations. Many of the companies been trying to institutionalize ethics policies have created specific organizations to apply these ethical políticasLa social issues often give rise to an ongoing debate between the major competing institutions. Ethics is the study of how our decisions affect others. Codes of ethics, which were rare thing, now are becoming more frequent.

Many companies think that codes of ethics warn employees that business decisions should take into account ethical and economic considerations. In turn social responsibility means: the more fortunate members of society should help those less fortunate. The companies are charged to multiply the wealth of society. The social organizations take responsibility for their own benefit, properly understood, or at least should be responsive to social forces. The managers try to apply the principles of social contract in their decision-making processes and policies of their companies. Conclusions The management should identify more with the role of ethics and make this along with the social responsibility is given in the company, where everyone must be committed to her many critics contend that in these times "ethics is in crisis? . Every day we read headlines that deal. Disputes over influence peddling in Italy, Japan and the United States the impact of silicone breast implants, excessive charges for car rentals and unfair business practices by large retailers have encouraged a new interest the role of ethics in business.

All this adds to the scandals on Wall Streetman some executives, government officials either in the United States and Venezuela in the same crisis and credit societies for example in 1980, the financial crisis of 2009 that soiled the reputation of many organizations. It is not uncommon Louis Harris polls thrown at the time held that 70% of the public responds negatively to the question: "Do firms handle their executives to behave legally and ethically? . Remember to keep in mind that the basic terms of the language of ethics are values, rights, obligations, rules and relations, management issues that should not be neglected.

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