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This paper is report of study that looks at the challenges in implementation of ethics in organization. The study reveals that organization become inefficient and ineffective as a result of lack in ethics practices. Leader plays crucial sources as ethical guidance to the employee as well as show the ethical responsibility for a moral development in organization. However, leaders and human resources department did not see ethics as a crucial part in working environment. Besides that, the ethics training program also important platform to provide knowledge and education to employee and leader regarding the ethical issues and solution related with the issues. Based on previous study, this paper also identify several componence for ethics program in the organization. The conclusions drawn that leaders has not yet been professionalized. The paper then discuss what are challenges faced by the organization nowadays in order for them to change and improve in future.
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In-Text Citation: (Abdul Rahman, et. al., 2020)
To Cite this Article: Abdul Rahman, S., Hussin, N., Kamal, J. I. A., Noh, J. I. A., Abdullah, S. N. M., Amin, Z. M. (2020). The Challenges in Implementation of Ethics in. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences. 10(11), 1187-1194.
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