The Sager Surrounding Zwelinzima Vavi.

This assignment will focus and discuss the sager surrounding the Zwelinzima Vavi based on how the story has affected his personal life and social status. It will analyze how he has response to the whole affairs. It will focus on the ethics in a working place based on how the employers and employees should behavior toward each other and how the ethics in a working place are important.  

According to Molefe (2013) A 26 years old administrator had come forward claiming that the 50 years old general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi had raped her in her office at the COSATU’s headquarter in Johannesburg. Mr. Vavi maintains that the sex was consensual and that the pair had been engaged in a long-running office romance that had consisted of heavy petting up to and after what he described as “ brief intercourse while standing” in her locked office on 25 January.

Vavi personally hired her in 2011; there was no job interview or formal process that was followed. He said she and her husband tried to extort R2 million from him.

“The importance of ethical principles for the workplace is that all employees follow the same standards, regardless of personal values and different cultural backgrounds. The principles allow them to voice their opinions freely and without fear, creating a sense of belonging for each employee in the workplace” Gemeli (2007). 

 To apply important ethical principles in the workplace, employers must set out the objectives of the company and follow the ethical principles.

“The guidance of ethical principles in the workplace can come into question when an employee needs to make a decision. A decision might involve fairness, truth or values in the workplace. It may concern a legal matter, professional or personal conflict” Gemeli (2007).

 The decision could involve ethical principles and help the employee make a decision wisely and effectively without using his personal feelings.

The changes that can face are: first is the rape allegation it is serious but is not for the cosatu’s internal preceding to be involved in. It is for the court to hear the matter, allegation that she and her husband demanded R2 million from Mr. Vavi and that he hired her without following the proper procedures.

Office romance has the potential to affect the behavior of the employees in the working place in ways that conflict with both the business and legal interests can be affected negatively.

From one’s point of view it was not right for Vavi to have an affair with the junior college, not that what he does in his personal life matters to the public but it does affect his social status as the trade union federation leader. He is supposed to set an example to the society not have his scandal affairs all over the news, because these are two parents who are involving their personal and private life to the public and the children on both sides are involved in this extremely delicate matter.

Not only has this affair affected both families, but also the society has lost motivation on the COSATU’s general secretary Vavi. With this kind of behavior even the employees may lose motivation to work harder or go the extra mile.  

This assignment has focused and analyzed the ethics in a work place based on Zwelinzima Vavi’s affair and it has changed his social and those surrounding him. It has analyzed the values of the ethics in a work place. It has examined the ethical conflicts inherent in working in an environment.

Gemeli, G. 2007. Human Capital Review. Remuneration Committees. www.rms.co.za

Molefe.2013. Do the honorable thing and step down, Mr. Vavi. News24.  Posted on 2013 July 29 at 12:00.