Fairness, accountability, and transparency are three core principles that should be implemented in a business organization. Fairness means balancing interests in decision-making like hiring and compensation. Accountability requires demonstrating work was done according to agreed rules and standards, and reporting performance fairly. Transparency considers how social organizations' actions support society and ensures funding is properly spent.
Fairness, accountability, and transparency are three core principles that should be implemented in a business organization. Fairness means balancing interests in decision-making like hiring and compensation. Accountability requires demonstrating work was done according to agreed rules and standards, and reporting performance fairly. Transparency considers how social organizations' actions support society and ensures funding is properly spent.
Fairness, accountability, and transparency are three core principles that should be implemented in a business organization. Fairness means balancing interests in decision-making like hiring and compensation. Accountability requires demonstrating work was done according to agreed rules and standards, and reporting performance fairly. Transparency considers how social organizations' actions support society and ensures funding is properly spent.
Fairness, accountability, and transparency are three core principles that should be implemented in a business organization. Fairness means balancing interests in decision-making like hiring and compensation. Accountability requires demonstrating work was done according to agreed rules and standards, and reporting performance fairly. Transparency considers how social organizations' actions support society and ensures funding is properly spent.
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To help the business organization get on the right track, there are three core
principles that should be implemented in its operation - fairness, accountability,
and transparency.
Fairness This is the standard of judging which is exempted from bias or prejudice. When someone displays fairness in making decision, he/she pleases all involved parties and offers a solution that is beneficial to everyone. In business context, fairness means balancing the interests involved in all decision-making including those related to hiring, firing, and the compensation and reward system. Employees think of their organizations as just when the rewards and the way they are distributed are fair.
Fairness is giving to a person what is due to him/her. It has something to do
with justice because the employer checks whether the members have the benefits and burdens distributed evenly to them.
Examples of fairness: 1. A boss listening to both sides of the story before judging who is right and who is wrong. 2. An employer giving 13th month pay to all his/her employees. 3. A person paying the right price for a product purchased or for a service received. Accountability The most important aspect of preventing and detecting corruption is the sound accountability structures. A civil society organization without proper systems of accountability is fragile and open to rumors of mismanagement and abuse of authority. Worst of all, lacking it will prevent the organization from enjoying full respect and legitimacy in the eyes of its stakeholders, including those bearers of duties that it intends to advocate with.
Accountability is the explication and justification process. It is about testing,
forming a judgment, and taking an action if necessary. It also comes with responsibilities. Holding people to account for those actions which they are responsible for is fair.
Accountability is therefore an obligation to demonstrate that work has been carried
out in accordance with agreed rules and standards, or to report on performance results fairly and accurately in relation to mandated roles and/or plans. Examples of accountability: 1. A cashier admits he/she lost the company’s collection and it is his/her mistake. 2. An engineer who is assigned on a project is the one to be blamed if the project did not meet the deadlines.
1 3. Employee A recommended his cousin to be their company janitor, but the latter stole the cellular phone of their secretary. Therefore, Employee A may be blamed for recommending his/her cousin and should pay or replace the lost cellphone. Transparency Transparency, at the individual level, considers intrinsic or ethical salience as an important feature of the relational dimension of a person. It is described as a personal quality which is necessary to develop unity between and among individuals. A transparent approach makes a person more honest and sincere in his/her relationships, in communicating his/her points of view, and in working actively to find shared meanings and goals.
Organizationally speaking, the instrumental salience of transparency is
identified as an important mechanism for ensuring social responsibility. For example, adequate disclosure is required to inform donors of how an organization uses its money.
Transparency helps people to consider how the actions of social
organizations such as multinational agencies and non-governmental groups offer meaningful support to civil society and whether funding is being properly spent.
More examples of transparency:
1. Reporting accurately the company’s financial situation and risks to investors 2. Holding and selecting bids according to an open pre-defined process 3. Having an open process of decision-making such as in hiring additional employees
