Ethics are not feeling or following laws, ethics is a standard of behavior we as humans should use in day to day situations. People think of ethics as treating others as they themselves would like to be treated. Ethics is not a science it is a behavior that each of us needs to be aware of when we make decisions. If good ethical decisions are not made while at work then tensions of the work environment may arise. Along with tension at work comes stress, stress in the workplace is unhealthy for the employees. The individuals affected by stress at work have the possibility for personal health problems. With job stress and personal health comes the affect on the organization, for unhealthy stressed out employees cause a stress organization.
Technology in the workplace is causing increased stress among employees. The advanced technology is making it easier to take work home and never have the feeling of getting away from the office. Many tools that are developed to make jobs easier have actually created more stress for the workers, the advanced computers, cell phones, wireless internet access provide constant access to the office and ones work. This causes employers to expect high levels of productivity for the same level of compensation passing along the pressure for higher accomplishment for the employees. Another for of technology are programs that take place of humans, for example the voice recognition systems that many companies are using on staff the once necessary call center, thus replacing and eliminating many jobs. With the constant fear of ones job being eliminated the employee is again faced with increased stress at work. Another factor that is constant in large companies is change, and with change comes more training and responsibilitie ...