Don't Let Impossible Goals Thwart Strong Ethics

Episode 82 May 10, 2024 00:11:36
Don't Let Impossible Goals Thwart Strong Ethics
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Don't Let Impossible Goals Thwart Strong Ethics

May 10 2024 | 00:11:36

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Hosted By

Bill Coffin

Show Notes

Ethical lapses are often chalked up to a rogue employee who might just be a bad person. But is it ever really that simple? Recent scholarship suggests otherwise, and Ethisphere Chief Strategy Officer Erica Salmon Byrne discusses how impossible management goals paves the way for ethical shortcuts...and what companies can do to break that cycle.

“When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners”: www.hbswk.hbs.edu

Research Handbook on Organisational Integrity: www.e-elgar.com

Eight Pillars of an Ethical Culture: www.ethisphere.com/resources

 

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