| Human resources practices training ensures that team | | | | watching. |
| leaders know how to make ethical decisions and | | | | All business, organizations, and companies can benefit |
| establish standards. The first thing a team leader | | | | from the standards that human resources practices |
| should do is clearly lay out to everyone what the | | | | should help team leaders to enforce. A team leader |
| standards of ethical behavior are. Then, it's important to | | | | who really tries to adhere to ethical practices will begin |
| begin an open discussion with the team members | | | | by being open and implementing open and honest |
| about what exactly it means to say you will work and | | | | communication throughout the company. HR practices |
| behave ethically. One expert recommends that while | | | | advise leaders to discuss issues and concerns with all |
| determining what it means to be ethical, you should | | | | team members openly so that they feel comfortable if |
| also use team agreements. These agreements make | | | | they need to address certain issues as well. Members |
| statements about what members promise they will | | | | of the team need to feel that they can come to the |
| and will not do in regards to other team members. | | | | leader with any concern and issue and know that the |
| Having team members sign these agreements gives | | | | leader will respond in a positive way and resolve the |
| team leaders a helpful way to measure and determine | | | | issue. One way to ensure this is by making meetings |
| if someone seems to be straying from the agreement. | | | | completely open and welcoming. |
| HR practices also help team leaders understand that in | | | | Behaving ethically and ensuring that the company runs |
| order to get the best results, they must be a role | | | | in this manner as well is not only positive for the leader, |
| model of ethical behavior themselves. According to | | | | but it also helps the company as a whole. For the |
| experts it's most important that the team leader role | | | | team to improve, the leader needs to make sure that |
| model ethical behavior in everything that he or she | | | | the standards agreed upon are upheld at all times. If |
| does and cannot allow something to happen within the | | | | the standards are not upheld, then it is the leader's |
| team structure, or within the business, or within the | | | | responsibility to take care of the issue head on. This |
| company, that goes against ethical behavior. | | | | shows other members that the rules and standards |
| It's key for leaders to remember that even giving | | | | are important and can't be ignored. It also gives the |
| unspoken approval for something is still considered | | | | leader credibility. Even if groups break into factions, it is |
| approval. On the same token, if a leader doesn't | | | | the leaders' job to put forth more effort and make |
| prevent or stop something from occurring, they have | | | | sure to handle situations as an open group, because |
| essentially made the rules established in the | | | | part of the agreement should be that team members |
| agreements useless. It's not just important to model | | | | do not discuss group items individually. This should help |
| ethical behavior inside the workplace, it's also important | | | | ensure ethical behavior within the team and throughout |
| for team leaders to practice this code of ethics in | | | | the business. |
| everyday life because you never know who could be | | | | |