The three basic components of an ethical
community are trust, loyalty, and solidarity. Trusting that the members of your
organization will act ethically toward you is extremely important. Target
outlines unacceptable behaviors and actions in our business conduct guide,
something that every new employee has to study and review before starting work.
In this guide, every employee is expected to act honestly, professionally, and ethically,
and hold others accountable for doing so. Loyalty refers to abstaining from breaking
the trust of others, and be fulfilling the duties that come with that trust. Target
expects its employees to be loyal to one another and to the organization, but
the biggest way to help prevent loyalty from becoming a problem is employing
sound, ethical professionals who value loyalty. Solidarity in an organization
includes caring for and respecting other people’s interests and defending
others, even if it interferes with personal interests. This term could easily
coincide with diversity, but it entails not only accepting the differences and
interests of others, but taking action on the behalf of others. Self-sacrifice
can be done if the trust and loyalty is present.
Target has all three of these
components established and present in our organization, but solidarity does not
seem to be apparent as trust and loyalty. Team members are often backed when
championing new ideas, but it seems to only be by the managers and not peers. I
think that lower level employees need to do a better job of building trust with
one another, and the organization could promote this through more team
activities and trust building activities.
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