UNETHICAL

BEHAVIOR IN
THE
WORKPLACE:
1. Misuse of Company
Time
Some Samples of Unethical Behavior
1. Misuse of company time
2. Assault causing physical injury
3. Employee theft
4. Discriminatory practice
5. Failure to prevent somebody from committing suicide
6. Erotic intimacy with client
7. Libelling/ slandering a client
1. Misuse of
company
time ● Engaging with social
media on company
time,
1. Misuse of
company
time
● Looking for another job
on company time
1. Misuse of
company
time ● Shopping on the
internet during working
hours
Theory of Job
Satisfaction
No satisfaction leads to
unethical behavior
Surfing the internet, playing
candy crush, Facebook,
Instagram
Gartner study into social media at work:
Large organizations have slowly refrained from blocking social
cites; Reasons-

1. For some departments and processes, accessing to social

media is a necessity
2. Employees found ways to browse the internet using their
cellphones
3. If social media is easily accessible, employees will be less
likely to want to use it.
Different approaches
1. Allowing the use of the social nets at work keeps workers
happier

1. Bosses can read staff’s private messages sent on

What’sApp and similar forums during work hours
Why employees engage in social media...
Results:
FOMO:
1. Engage employees in social
FEAR OF MISSING relationships among themselves
2. Increased workforce happiness
OUT =increased productivity
3. Social media relationships between
Unhappy = Weakens employees can make them closer to
one another, thus increasing

Employees Productivity productivity and creating a better

working environment
What does it mean to be committed?

● Are you
committed to your
current time?
Get motivated!
● lack of career vision
● Loss of
commitment can
be the result of:
Get motivated!
● job insecurity
● Loss of
commitment can
be the result of:
Get motivated!
● overwhelmed with the
● Loss of work load
commitment can
be the result of:
Would you agree?
Lack of managerial feedback
Will eventually lead to Management needs to be in
an unhappy workforce tune with the needs of their so
that they stay ahead of any
The more the employees issues that may arise.
feel less engaged, the An employee review system
more they are prone to can help a lot in helping
unethical behavior. employees to improve their
work performance.
What are the negative implications of social
networking on the job? 4. Brand reputation risks
1. Decrease of from review sites
productivity/ focus
5. Violates company social
2. Security and privacy
media policy
concerns
3. Inappropriate online 6. Effect on employee
behavior relationships and morale
Company Social Media Policy
1. To communicate what is 3. To protect the company
and what is not from misuse by employees in
acceptable social media ways that could jeopardize
use the company’s reputation or
2. To educate employees negatively affect its
on the safe social operations.
networking practices
Unintentional Misuse of Time:
CONCLUSION:
Ultimately, browsing the
social media during working
hours can be viewed as
unethical.
Production is measured, not
by the number of hours
working, but in the output.
An outright banning, will not
prevent employees from
accessing it by other means.
Management needs to come
up with a firm performance
review to push employees to
work hard to improve their
work. Management
coaching is also needed.