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C.2.3 Causes of Unethical Behaviors
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| C.2.3 Causes of Unethical Behaviors A study that was commissioned by American Management Association (AMA) and which was conducted by the Human Resource Institute (HRI) using 1121 managers and Human Resource experts as participants, revealed that the leading causes of unethical corporate behaviour area) pressure to meet unrealistic business objectives, targets and deadlines. b) desire to further ones career c) desire to protect ones livelihood d) Job pressure, according to the study, causes employees to engage in unethical behaviors that include cutting corners on quality control, covering up incidents and lying to customers. e) Ignorance that the acts are unethical and not knowing the seriousness of the consequences when caught f) Competition for scarce resources, power or position g) A few bad employees with poor ethical background among organizational actors 47 h) Lack of maintaining the type of consistent leadership that is necessary for running an ethical organization. This exposes the employees to opportunities that make them engage in unethical behaviours. Other major causes of such unethical behaviour include ab Lack of personal ethics – Business ethics are not divorced from personal ethics, which are the generally accepted principles of right and wrong governing the conduct of individuals, As individuals, we are typically taught that it is wrong to lie and cheat – it is unethical – and that it is right to behave with integrity and honour and to stand up for what we believe to be right and true. This is generally true across societies. The personal ethical code that guides our behaviour comes from a number of sources, these include • our parents, • our schools, • our religion, and • the media. Our personal ethical code exerts a profound influence on the way we behave as business people. An individual with a strong sense of personal ethics is less likely to behave in an unethical manner in a business setting. It follows that the first step to establishing a strong sense of business ethics is fora society to emphasize strong personal ethics. b) Download 3.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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