The individual impact of these relatively less common experiences can be immense. Employees described ethically questionable actions that are either explicitly demanded e.
These descriptions were often accompanied by a note about the root cause of the pressure: making the organization look better e. When we asked about speaking up, four in five employees said they felt constrained in one way or another in voicing their view or speaking the truth.
Forty percent said that they were often or almost always afraid of voicing any criticism in their organization. Our research also shows that those people who feel afraid to speak up are also likely to be the ones who are under pressure to act unethically. Thirty-eight percent of people indicated that they did not know about any organizational policies to deal with such reports.
Our research results point to the need to alleviate the pressure to act unethically and prevent the fear of speaking up. These are inherently emotional issues — and to address them, emotional skills are needed. So what can managers and organizations do? First, they should cultivate emotional intelligence skills in managers and leaders. These skills can be either selected for in the recruitment process or built through leadership development programs.
In our research, employees whose supervisors acted in emotionally intelligent ways experienced less pressure to behave unethically and were in turn less likely to experience tension at work. Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich is the governor of Illinois who allegedly tried to "sell" the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
The two former CFOs and former chairman of Siemens, respectively, got busted over bribery and their company was fined billions. Ted Stevens. Stevens is the former senator from Alaska who was found guilty of failing to report gifts given to him by various contractors.
He faces up to five years for each of the seven counts against him. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for February Bruno A Kaelin. Kaelin, a former senior vice president and head of corporate compliance at Alstom, was arrested in Switzerland in August following a joint Franco-Swiss-Italian investigation into his alleged role in running a bribery slush fund and laundering hundreds of millions of euros.
Prior to that, Kaelin was convicted in a separate bribery case in Italy involving payoffs to two officials of the Italian electric company Enel. Adam Vitale. Vitale also had 22 prior convictions, including running an online prostitution ring through Craigslist. Why is there construction happening today?
The waiter tries to explain, but to no avail. The air is thick with tension. This seems to please the CEO, who responds with his own derogatory quip. The group laughs. If you were present at that dinner would you let the CEO know that you disapprove of his language and behavior? Would you try to set a better example?
Or stay silent? This scene encapsulates three psychological dynamics that lead to crossing ethical lines. Second, we have cultural numbness: when others play along and gradually begin to accept and embody deviant norms. While it is hard, if not impossible, to find evidence that leaders in general have become less ethical over the years, some are sounding the alarm. For that majority, moral leadership is not simply a question of acting in good or bad faith.
It is about navigating the vast space in between. So how do you know when you, or your team, is on the road to an ethical lapse? Many moral lapses can be traced back to this feeling that you are invincible, untouchable, and hyper-capable, which can energize and create a sense of elation. To the omnipotent leader, rules and norms are meant for everyone but them.
Crossing a line feels less like a transgression and more like what they are owed. They feel they have the right to skip or redraw the lines. Omnipotence is not all bad. The author used 25 year old data to bolster the argument. What if behaviors have changed in the federal government due to policy changes such as the Whistleblower Act and NoFear mandatory training. I agree with the hypothesis but the data used in sample 1 sends the wrong message.
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