Ethics and Values

VALUES FOR
MANAGERS
WHAT ARE
VALUES?
 The word “values” can sometimes be interpreted with
having only to do with “touchy-feely” type things like
feelings. However, the idea of values, when it comes to
management/strategy, relates much more to practical
matters. There is a huge correlation between correct
value alignment and success.
 Values can be defined as those things that are important
to or valued by someone. That someone can be an
individual or, collectively, an organization. One place
where values are important is in relation to vision. One
of the imperatives for organizational vision is that it
must be based on and consistent with the organization's
core values.
 Values are what we, as a
profession, judge to be right.
They are more than words-
they are the moral, ethical,
and professional attributes of
character .
 Values are the embodiment
of what an organization
stands for, and should be the
basis for the behavior of its
members.
NEED OF VALUES
 Right and wrong defined by different people may
manifest diverse thinking, motivated by each
individual’s personal values. Within a work
environment, the cultural values that drive
business decisions are critical to the
organization’s credibility with its employees,
customers, and shareholders.
 Today, in business, value is about prioritizing
individual and operational values for the
workplace and establishing codes of value and
codes of conduct that ensures that employee
behaviors and the internal systems are aligned
with those values which in turn affects the
performance of the organization.
IMPORTANCE OF
VALUES
 Key leadership with appropriate values establishes the
moral compass that guides the organization through
the complexities of what is right and wrong and how
management and staff are therefore expected to
behave. Critical then, becomes the ability to manage
for ethical outcomes—this is values-based
management.
 Values provide the basis for judgment about what is
important for the organization to succeed in its core
business.
 Values are traits or qualities that are considered
worthwhile; they represent an individual’s highest
priorities and deeply held driving forces
WHAT ARE MANAGERS
EXPECTED TO DO?
 Managerial activities can change as the

organizations and their environment change.
 The managers responsibilities have increased as
more tasks have been outsourced on them, at
the same time they have been stripped of some
of their support functions and assistants.
 There are constrains that limit the managers
possibilities to chose what to do in their work.
 Some of the constraints are lack of available
resources, insufficient experience and training
for the new administrative tasks and
technological limitations
 Through different actions
the managers are trying to
keep some values within
acceptable limits; they
work more overtime and
do administrative tasks
from home to have time
for managing and leading
their subordinates.
VALUES FOR INDIAN
MANAGERS
Indian managers are moving away from the
concept of values and ethics. The lure for
maximizing profit is deviating them from the
value based managerial behaviour.
There is a need for our managers today both in
private and public sectors to develop a set of
values and believes that will help them attain the
ultimate goals of profits and survival and growth.
They need to develop the following values:
 Optimum utilization of resources
 Attitude towards work- Managers have to
develop the visionary perspective in their
work. They have to develop a sense of larger
vision in their work for the common good.
 Work commitment
 Vision- Managers have a long term vision.

The visionary managers must be practical,
dynamic and capable of translating dreams
into reality.
The managers of Indian companies should also
develop the following values:-
 Move from the state of inertia to the state of

righteous action.
 Move from the state of faithlessness to the state
of faith and self-confidence.
 Move from unethical actions to ethical actions.
 Move from untruth to truth.

VALUES FOR WESTERN
MANAGERS
 Western managers are highly professionals with
excellent analysis power, high professional
education and specialization.
 Western managers follows a proper code of conduct
and work in the structured formal atmosphere with
no place of modesty in their behavior.
 Professional efficiency and work disciplines are the
conditions under which western managers perform.
 They consider rules as sacred in their value system.
 Western value system teaches contractual

obligations. Managers honour their contracts.
 Western managers value principles above its
privilege and they consider this as the best strategy
to win
CONCLUSION
For years conventional wisdom suggested that
people do not leave companies, but rather they
leave because of bad business management also
known as bad managers. Poor business
management practices are more related to the
problem of poor business ethics or values than to
the common symptoms such as poor delegation or
poor communication. Every organization, no matter
size, should have a written business values
statement of non-negotiable behaviors that will be
demonstrated by everyone. Each employee from
top down needs to consistently demonstrate the
same values and ethics. Inconsistent values from
managers can dramatically affect employee
motivation and ultimately employee performance.
MEMBERS
GAUTAM
GUNJAN
HIMANSHU
HITESH
INDU
JAVED
KAVVYA
THANK
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VALUES FOR

 Managerial activities can change as the

 Vision- Managers have a long term vision.

 Move from the state of inertia to the state of

 Move from untruth to truth.

 Western value system teaches contractual

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