Organizational Code of Ethics

An organizational code of ethics is a policy

during work hours to browse the internet for personal reasons. The employee's document approved and supported by the organization's senior management. The activity is not illegal, but it is against the code dictates modes of acceptable behavior organization's policy. and is often combined with the overall When you ask the administrator how organizational personnel policies, and it the administrator came to learn this may outline the organization's mission and information about the employee's behavior, core values.

the administrator will not reply. Your office The code of ethics can specify what conducts an initial investigation into the constitutes acceptable behavior and situation, and you determine that the define, for example, that discriminatory administrator and the employee in question and unproductive behavior, such as have had a personal conflict that other personnel in the organization have noticed.

racial, religious, or sexual harassment, is unacceptable. The organization may also

You are also able to determine that disallow activity that constitutes unfair the administrator did have sufficient trade practices, such as nepotism, bribery, permissions within the IT environment to and awarding contracts based on favors monitor the employee's behavior but was

(cash or otherwise). Some organizational not given explicit authorization or tasked to codes are designed to ensure compliance do so. with legislation to which the organization must adhere.

Your conclusions might be based on the following considerations:

Consider the following situation where questionable behavior has ethical

• Is the administrator's report acceptable

implications.

and valid?

You are an organization's security manager. • What should you recommend be done to

A network administrator comes to you the employee?

with a report about an employee: the administrator has noticed the employee

• Would you recommend the administrator

is using the organization's resources be rewarded or punished?