Çalışanlar neden seslerini çıkarmıyor? işletmelerde etik sorunlar

Abstract

Dünyada var olan etik sorunlara her gün yenileri eklenirken, bu sorunların insanlığa verdiği zararın boyutu düşünüldüğünde, hızlıca çözümler aranmaktadır. Ortaya çıkan etik sorunların işletme kaynaklı olması durumunda tüm paydaşlar bu zararları çekmek zorunda kalmaktadır. Bir işletmede bir kişi veya kişilerin çıkarları doğrultusunda ihlal edilen etik kurallar, bir gün o kişi veya kişilerin de haklarını kaybedeceği bir duruma kolaylıkla dönüşebilmektedir. Bu nedenle işletmelerde kişisel ve kısa vadeli çıkarlara uygun kararlar almaktan veya bu kararları tolere etmekten vazgeçilmesi gerekmektedir. Ne yazık ki bazen işletmelerde, gerçeği söylemenin fayda sağlamayacağı ya da söyleyen kişiyi sorunlu bir duruma sokacağı düşüncesiyle bazı olaylar karşısında sessiz kalınmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, işletmelerde etik sorunları bilmelerine rağmen sesini çıkarmayan çalışanlar arasında konuşmama nedenleri araştırılmıştır. Bu çalışmada, ikincil veri kaynağından elde edilen veriler içerik analizi tekniği kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada İş Etiği Enstitüsü (Institute of Business Ethics – IBE) tarafından yürütülen 2024 Etik Çalışması Raporu’ndaki veriler kullanılmıştır. Bu bağlamda raporda yer alan 16 ülkenin verileri karşılaştırılmış ve incelenmiştir. Sonuçlara göre, çalışanların konuşmamalarının birincil nedeni, seslerini çıkarmaları halinde işlerini tehlikeye atabileceklerinden korkmalarıdır ve bunu düzeltici bir eylem yapılacağına dair inanç eksikliği takip etmektedir.

Keywords

• İş etiği
• çalışan sessizliği
• etik davranış
• örgütsel davranış

Supporting Institution

Yok

Ethical Statement

Etik Kurul belgesi gerektirmemektedir, ikincil veriler kullanılmıştır.

Thanks

Yok

Why don’t employees speak up? ethical issues in business organizations

Abstract

While a new one is added to the ethical problems that exist worldwide every day, when the extent of the damage these problems cause humanity is considered, we are looking for solutions quickly. All stakeholders have to suffer the damages of ethical problems that arise on a business basis. Ethical rules that are violated in line with the interests of a person or persons in a business can easily turn into a form where that person or persons will lose their rights one day. For this reason, it is necessary to stop making decisions in line with personal and short-term interests in businesses or tolerating these decisions. Unfortunately, sometimes in businesses, it is possible to remain silent about some events with the thought that even telling the truth will not benefit or put the person who tells it in a problematic situation. This study investigated the reasons for not speaking out among employees who do not speak out despite knowing about ethical problems in businesses. In this study, the data obtained from the secondary data source was created using the content analysis technique. The study utilized the data from the 2024 Ethics Study Report conducted by the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE). In this context, the data of 16 countries included in the report were compared and examined. According to the results, the primary reason was that employees were afraid they might endanger their jobs if they spoke out, followed by a lack of faith that corrective action would be taken.

Keywords

• Business ethics
• employee slience
• ethical behavior
• organizational behavior

Supporting Institution

None

Ethical Statement

An ethics committee approval is not required, as secondary data were used.

Thanks

None

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