02.03.T01-RS — Reflection Scorecard: Integrity and Ethical Conduct

Reflecting on Integrity and Ethical Conduct

This section explores practical workplace situations that test integrity, ethical judgement and professional responsibility.

As you complete this Reflection Scorecard, reflect on the lessons presented in the articles and the extent to which they relate to your own experiences and observations.

Part A: Learning from the Lessons

Lies Are Contagious, Do Not Infect Your Supervisees

1. What does this article teach about the influence leaders and supervisors have on the behaviour of other employees?

2. How can dishonesty spread within an organisation?

Selling Your Personal Merchandise Behind the Boss' Back Is a Conflict of Interest

3. Why can personal business activities create conflicts of interest in the workplace?

4. What risks can arise when personal interests compete with organisational responsibilities?

Using Company Assets for Personal Gain Is Theft

5. What forms of misuse of organisational resources are discussed in this article?

6. Why do some employees find it easy to justify the personal use of organisational resources?

Disclosing Company Secrets Is Shooting Yourself in the Foot

7. What responsibilities do employees have regarding confidential information?

8. What consequences can result from disclosing information that should remain confidential?

Part B: Relating the Lessons to My Own Experience

9. Which of the four lessons has the greatest relevance to your current workplace situation?

10. Which lesson challenged your thinking most strongly?

11. Which lesson confirmed something you already believed or practised?

12. Have you observed situations where a lack of integrity negatively affected an individual, team or organisation?

☐ Yes

☐ No

☐ I am not sure

If yes, what happened?

13. Have you observed situations where ethical conduct strengthened trust, credibility or organisational effectiveness?

☐ Yes

☐ No

☐ I am not sure

If yes, what happened?

Part C: Reflecting on My Workplace

14. Which integrity-related challenge is most common in your workplace?

15. Which issue discussed in this section do you believe poses the greatest risk to organisational effectiveness?

16. Which issue do you believe receives the least attention despite its importance?

17. What lessons from this section would be most beneficial if consistently applied in your workplace?

Part D: Taking a Closer Look

18. Which lesson from this section deserves the closest attention in your own life?

19. Why have you selected this lesson?

20. What changes would you like to see in relation to this area?

21. How would those changes strengthen your integrity, credibility or professional effectiveness?

My Key Discoveries

22. What have you learned about integrity from this section?

23. What have you learned about ethical conduct from this section?

24. What have you learned about yourself?

Before I Move On

25. Which aspect of integrity or ethical conduct do you wish to examine more closely as you continue through this Guide?