THE EFFECT OF WORKPLACE ETHICS ON ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF LIDETA MANUFACTURING COLLEGE ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of workplace ethics on organization performance: The study employed both explanatory and descriptive research designs to gain a comprehensive understanding of the college and its operations. The qualitative aspect of the study aimed to explore and explain the experiences, perceptions, and perspectives of various stakeholders within the college. This approach involved collecting and analyzing non-numerical data, such as interviews, focus groups, observations, and document analysis. Qualitative methods were valuable in capturing the richness and depth of information related to the college's functioning, including its strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities.. To achieve the research objectives the independent variables (responsibility, accountability, Fairness and honesty) were used.Dependant variable on organization performance And to get the research is more reliable the researcher was used both primary and secondary data sources through structured questionnaire and secondary data was obtained from different published and unpublished documents to meet the general objective of the study. The target population of the study was heterogeneous, of the total 313 employees the sample of the study was 176. Questionnaires were distributed to selected sample and 156 questionnaires returned for analyses; 20 quaternaries calculated as missing value. The quantitative data collected analyzed by using (SPSS, version 26). The qualitative data collected were followed text analysis. The study resultsrevealed that, a Pearson correlation between responsibility and organization performance have a week impact, accountability and organization performance has a positive impact, honesty and organization performance have a positive significant impact and fairness and organization performance also have a positive significant impact. The research recommends that, even if the study results showed a positive significant, that Lideta manufacturing college should consider and give more attention about responsibility to enhance the employee motivation by designing and delivering awareness about the above variables to maintain the performance of the organization.