Culture and Technology in a Business

 Culture 

 

Ethics 

A subjective view of social acceptance. Ethical behaviour is key to a business, especially a digitalised one. Employees must be educated to display good morals and be ethical. Equality and morality in a company is important to success. Employers must raise awareness of ethical issues and train employees to always show good moral behaviour. 

 

Technological Advances 

Due to new technologies, culture is more accessible than ever before. People can learn about new cultures online which can make them more understanding and ethical. However, some cultures may be seen as morally wrong to others which can lead to discrimination in some cases. Understanding culture can improve globalisation and professionalism in businesses. Professionalism increases: 


    • Reputation 
    • Productivity 
    • Outlook 

Overall, understanding culture in a business can lead to lots of benefits for the employees and the company itself. However, professionalism can also harm your business: 


    • May create a worse business environment 
    • Less opportunity to be informal 
    • Less social interaction 
    • More monitoring can create feelings of breached privacy 

Technology can introduce more flexibility and socialising which can be a good way to battle the negatives of professionalism.  

 

Remote Working and Video Conferencing 


Remote working is a term to describe working from home with use of technology. Remote working has lots of advantages: 


    • Travelling whilst working 
    • Familiar work environment 
    • Less office space needed for the business 
    • Flexible hours 
    • Increases efficiency per employee 

Remote working also has lots of disadvantages: 


    • Lack of discipline 
    • More distractions 
    • Server connectability
    • Business may have to fund technology for employees 
    • Highlights a digital divide 

Video conferencing is a term to describe meetings that are held online using software such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom. Video conferencing also had lots of advantages: 


    • More flexibility 
    • Employees don’t have to travel 
    • Employees aren’t physically late 

Video conferencing also has some of disadvantages: 


    • Server connectability
    • Employees may not have appropriate technology (webcam, microphone) 

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