Don't Let Impossible Goals Thwart Strong Ethics

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.

• 1:37: Prioritizing pressure as a key pillar of ethical culture
• 3:03: "Culture is the worst behavior an organization will tolerate"
• 6:55: The bad management/bad ethics death 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