WORK ETHICS:

BEING A PROFESSIONAL
JESSIE CHRISTIAN C. JUMUAD, M.ED, RGC, LPT
Guidance Counselor III
 THE LEARNING GOALS:

The importance of developing a strong

work ethic and how the work ethic you
develop will impact your future as an
employee.
 PROCESSING

1.What made you remain as an egg or larva?

2.What made you transform into a butterfly?
3.As to this time, what stage of the butterfly
life cycle are you now?
 PROFESSIONALISM

• is not just a set of appearances nor is it just technical

skill;
• is defined by who you are (inner character), what
you do (behavior exhibited) and how others
perceive you (image projected).
TO BE A PROFESSIONAL NEEDS A
STRONG
 WORK ETHIC

• is a set of values based on discipline and

hard work. It affects how you handle your
responsibilities and how seriously you
take your work.
 WHAT DOES AN
EMPLOYER WANT?
 TOP 10 WORK ETHICS

Attendance Productivity

Character Organizational Skills

Team Work Communication

Appearance Cooperation

Attitude Respect
01

ATTENDANCE
- Limit your absences
- Come to work on
time
 HOW TO MAINTAIN
GOOD ATTENDANCE

• Make work a high priority

• Know your schedule
• Make use of an alarm clock
• Get enough sleep
• Arrange your transportation
• Inform your supervisor of an
absence
02

CHARACTER
- Be honest
- Be dependable
- Be loyal
- Be willing to learn
03

TEAM WORK
- Be a team player
- Leadership abilities
- Be a contributing
member
- Accept compromise
04

APPEARANCE
- Dress Appropriately
- Personal hygiene
- Good manners
“A person makes
their first impression
of someone in three
seconds.”
05

ATTITUDE
- Demonstrate a
positive attitude
- Accept responsibility
for ones work
06

PRODUCTIVITY
- Make Good Use of Your
Time
- Keep work area neat and clean
- Conserve materials
- Follow directions
07

ORGANIZATIONAL
SKILLS

- Do the work correctly

- Get along with co-
workers
- Help out whenever asked
-Take pride in your work
07

ORGANIZATIONAL
SKILLS

- Make an effort to
improve
- Time Management
08

COMMUNICATION

- Written
Communications
- Verbal
Communications
09

COOPERATION

- Follow company rules

and policies
- Get along with co-
workers
10

RESPECT

- Work hard
- Carry out orders
- Show respect
 TOP 10 WORK ETHICS

Attendance Productivity

Character Organizational Skills

Team Work Communication

Appearance Cooperation

Attitude Respect
COMMON REASONS WHY
EMPLOYEES ARE FIRED
01
Being late or absent
from work
• Shows lack of
ATTENDANCE
responsibility
- Limit your absences • Can hinder
- Come to work on productivity
time
02
Being dishonest
• Trust, once lost, is hard to
regain
CHARACTER Being unreliable
• Dependability is an
- Be honest
employee asset
- Be dependable
Abusing drugs or alcohol
- Be loyal
• Can create health/safety
- Be willing to learn
issues
03
Bossing others around
• Giving orders is the
boss’s job
TEAM WORK
Not carrying your
- Be a team player weight
- Leadership abilities
• Not doing your part –
- Be a contributing
member relying on others to
- Accept compromise do your job for you
04
Dress Code
• This can be a safety
issue as well as a
APPEARANCE disregard for rules
“Remember that you are
- Dress Appropriately
a representative of your
- Personal hygiene company how you dress
- Good manners and act can reflect on the
company.”
05
Being troublemakers
• Stirring up dissent
among others
ATTITUDE • Causing arguments and
problems
- Have a good
Being rude and using
attitude
abusive language
- Accept responsibility
for ones work
• Inappropriate behavior is
inexcusable
06
Failing to do the task
properly
• Costly errors hurt
PRODUCTIVITY business
Being lazy
- Make Good Use of Your • It’s a form of theft
Time
- Keep work area neat and Being careless
clean • Can lead to
- Conserve materials accidents/profit loss
- Follow directions
07
Loosing Tools & Materials
• Unable to locate things
Lack of Time Management
ORGANIZATIONAL
SKILLS • Not meeting deadlines
Unprepared
- Do the work correctly
• Not ready for meetings or
- Get along with co-
workers
presentations
- Help out whenever asked
-Take pride in your work
08
Failure to communicate
(written and/or verbal)
• Unable to properly
COMMUNICATION
express ones thoughts
- Written and ideas
Communications • Unable to interpret
- Verbal instructions and
Communications directions
09
Failing to follow rules
and policies
• Not following
COOPERATION instructions “Doing
your own thing”
- Follow company rules Not getting along with
and policies
others
- Get along with co-
workers
• Co-workers, boss,
and/or customers
10
Being disrespectful
• Argumentative and
confrontational
RESPECT Making fun of, harassing,
or discriminating against
- Work hard others
- Carry out orders • This could also land in
- Show respect court!
 POSITIVE ACTIONS TO TAKE IF
YOU’RE FIRED

• Correct your faults, move forward

• Don’t repeat your mistakes, learn from
them
• Think positively about your next job
 FINAL WORD

• Be Punctual • Be Productive
• Be Friendly • Be Organized
• Be a Team Player • Communicate clearly
• Look Good • Cooperate with your colleague
• Treat every one with • Treat every one with Respect
Respect
“GUIDANCE IS BEYOND YEARS OF
LENDING EARS,
ENDING TEARS,
MENDING FEARS,
& SENDING CHEERS.”