PROFESSIONALISM & ETHICS
Unethical issues:
Conflict of interest:
Nepotism
A manger dating an employee who reports to him/her.
Bribes, corruption & inappropriate gifts:
Gift is inappropriately large- persuade someone to act in one’s favor.
Sexual Harassment:
Unwelcomed sexual advances, both physical & verbal.
Normally from an authority figure to a subordinate.
Unauthorized use of funds:
Forged signatures.
Unauthorized electronic payments.
Tax evasion:
Person doesn’t disclose all income to SARS.
Unfair advertising:
False labelling- incorrect information on product labels.
Fillers- food often has filers to increase its weight.
Employment/labor issues:
Internet, email & cellphone issues.
Stealing from the company.
Pricing of goods:
Rural tuck shops & spaza shops.
Consumer protection Act (cpa), makes it illegal to inflate prices in rural areas.
Piracy:
Unauthorized & illegal duplication of products protected by patents or copy right.
Insider trading:
Illegal practice of buying & selling shares on the stock exchange with having “insider
confidential information”
Counterfeiting & bootlegging:
Act of copying or imitating a product & trying to pass it off as the original.
Unethical issues:
Conflict of interest:
Nepotism
A manger dating an employee who reports to him/her.
Bribes, corruption & inappropriate gifts:
Gift is inappropriately large- persuade someone to act in one’s favor.
Sexual Harassment:
Unwelcomed sexual advances, both physical & verbal.
Normally from an authority figure to a subordinate.
Unauthorized use of funds:
Forged signatures.
Unauthorized electronic payments.
Tax evasion:
Person doesn’t disclose all income to SARS.
Unfair advertising:
False labelling- incorrect information on product labels.
Fillers- food often has filers to increase its weight.
Employment/labor issues:
Internet, email & cellphone issues.
Stealing from the company.
Pricing of goods:
Rural tuck shops & spaza shops.
Consumer protection Act (cpa), makes it illegal to inflate prices in rural areas.
Piracy:
Unauthorized & illegal duplication of products protected by patents or copy right.
Insider trading:
Illegal practice of buying & selling shares on the stock exchange with having “insider
confidential information”
Counterfeiting & bootlegging:
Act of copying or imitating a product & trying to pass it off as the original.
