Organizational Ethics

Organizational Ethics

David Clayton

ETH/316

December 1, 2014

Christopher Whetstine

Organizational Ethics

The United States Postal Service or USPS is governed by The Federal Standards of Ethical Conduct ("United States Postal Service", 2014). The Postal Service is expected to be loyal to the United States government. All citizens should be loyal to the government.  As an employee of the Postal Service a person is supposed to conduct themselves to a high set of standards on or off the job. This is a very high standard to follow.

When employees of USPS are living daily life, they are expected to act the same as if they were at work. At times this may be a very hard thing to do in the world we live in. Many times socially people are put in very hard situations, but as a federal employee the person must rise above, and do what is right. Losing a job would should be a very good motivator to do the right thing, but in some cases it is not.

Being an employee of USPS should make doing the right thing easier. Letting peers know up front that you are a federal employee, and there are many things that you can and will not do. Most people would understand how important a person’s job is to them, and would not try, and hurt a person’s career. Personal decisions should be much easier to make when the outcome may hurt your job. Knowing the standards you have given on and off the job give a person a road map to how they should act.

As an employee for USPS legally you could find yourself in a great deal of trouble by breaking the rules. Legal and ethical almost go hand in hand. As an employee you have been given the standards to which you are supposed to live up to. There are no gray areas there are right and wrong. It is important to also let someone know if wrong doing is being done so the issue can be dealt with in a timely manner.

In today’s world there are many outside sources that can shape a person. These factors can be good or bad for an individual. Working for the United States Postal Service gives employees guidelines to live by on and off the job. Employees are expected to do the right thing at all times and let someone know if the rules are being broken. Having an employer like this should help a person keep bad things away from their life.