SMG SM 131 Quiz: Exam 2 Discussion Notes SM131

• School: Boston University
• Department: School of Management
• Course: SMG SM 131
• Professor: Rebecca Nichols

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Motivated blindness: so focused on a goal, blind to repercussions. Indirect blindness: separated from unethical behavior; fail to investigate. Slippery slope: slow erosion of ethics; get comfortable with unethical decisions. In-group favoritism: sympathize with people like you; more likely to cheat if someone we associate with decides to cheat. Conflict of interest: overlook unethical decision because you benefit from it. Implicit bias: bias that emerges from unconscious beliefs. Overvaluing outcomes: making unethical decisions to reach an end goal. System 1 (intuition/impulse) and system 2 (logic/rationalization) thinking. Didn"t have all the facts before making decision. Call it by a different name: i misspoke . If we don"t do it, someone else will. That"s the way it has always been done. We"ll wait until the lawyers tell us it"s wrong. Rationalizations and avoidance techniques we use to avoid facing ethical issues. Contractors offered to clear trees from roofs for ,000. Generators were sold for ,000 rather than .