What do you understand by ethics management? Can public officials manage ethics in the work place in a manner similar to managing budgets, policies and people? Do you think adopting codes of ethics and conduct is sufficient enough for managing ethics in the workplace or something more is needed? Discuss.

Public officials can manage ethics at the workplace in following ways:

i) Constructing a code of conduct and a code of ethics for the employees

ii) Enforcement of code of conduct and punishment for not following it

iii) Stakeholder approach - understanding the work culture of employees.

iv) Incentives and rewards to good ethical conduct

v) Persuasion by leading by example

Eg. (i) A manager following code of conduct personally serves as an inspiration for the team.

Codes of ethics and code of conduct can help at the workplace in following ways:

i) guiding the actions of the employees.

ii) fear of punishment on non-following

iii) set standards to be followed.

However they are externally enforced. A change needed to follow Ethics -> Internal.

Internal changes for ethical approach by:

Therefore a comprehensive, inner and outer change is necessary and following the "be the change you want to see in the world" quote by Gandhi can help.