Meetings, ethical behavior and social performance

What is ethical behavior?

• A person who demonstrates ethical behavior has evidence of a strong moral code and a consistent set of values. Ethics can be rooted in belief or the pursuit of making the world better. Those who exemplify ethical behavior do the right thing regardless of whether they get credit for it. This sort of behavior is not limited to the workplace; it can be present in every facet of life.

Respect for others

• No matter the relationship between two people and what they agree or disagree upon, people within an organization should always respect each other. This includes managers and subordinates, peers and clients. When there is a base level of respect established, people take criticism less personally, are able to communicate more openly and can see and value the other person’s perspective.

Open communication

• All successful businesses communicate effectively. When the lines of communication are open and employees are willing to have conversations with one another, misunderstandings are avoided. Having constant conversations and reminders makes it less likely for an employee to break a rule or have a low-quality output.

Responsibility

• Mistakes and misunderstandings are bound to happen in any work setting. But when they do, employees need to take accountability for their actions. They need to take responsibility for what happened and be proactive in fixing it. When there is a standard of accountability at an organization, its people hold themselves and their peers to a standard of responsibility.

Social performance

• In the world of microfinance, there are social returns to be accounted for, in addition to financial accountability. Implementing a social performance framework to conduct such accountability assessment enables organizations to understand whether their activities are indeed aligned with the mission, and the extent to which it is so. This is effectively done in retrospect of the Theory of Change defined while initiating the project.

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