Perceptions of Employers on Employee ethics of fast food industry in Nueva Ecija

Abstract

Ethics is one of the critical principles of business as an important issue of practical and theoretical importance is the awareness of the types of causes that promote ethical behavior and minimize unethical behavior in the work place. The study described the employers’ role in employee ethics, supervisors’ perceptions on employee ethics, employee’s behavior towards ethics. This study used the descriptive method. The researchers distributed survey questionnaires to a total 79 management representatives (27 managers and 52 supervisors) which adapted Likert-scale type responses and analyzed it through statistical data treatment such as mean and weighted mean. Based on the results of the study, the researcher concluded that employers or higher positions in the company play an important role in employee ethics by simply following up ethical concerns reported by employees and regularly showing that their care about ethics. Ethics rules and office practices are consistent as perceived by supervisors. Furthermore, it is also concluded that employees make decisions that comply with ethics policies because of the ethics program that is in place. It is then recommended that ethics policy should be disseminated to all the employees of an organization. Persistent practice of ethics should be seen from the higher positions down to lower positions. Communication barriers should be eliminated between employers, supervisors and employees so that everyone feels secure and will not be afraid to tell if someone go against with the ethics of the company. And, employees at all levels in this office are held accountable for adhering to ethical standards. Thus, those who have violated employee ethics be fairly disciplined according to organization’s policy.