MGHB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Organizational Identification, Organizational Ethics, User Friendly
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Chapter 12 power, politics, and ethics (page 437-444) Ethics systematic thinking about the moral consequences of decisions. Stakeholders people inside or outside of an organization who have the potential to be affected by organizational decisions. Seven themes that defined managers" moral standards for decision making. Important to recognize the role of temptation in unethical activity. When our bureaucratic role as an organizational employee is at odds with our role as the. Some employees identify very strongly with their organizations, which sometimes lead them to engage in unethical activities to help the organization. Stiff competition for scarce resources can stimulate unethical behaviour. The cynical and those with external locus of control are less tuned in to ethical matters. People with a high need for personal power may be prone to make unethical decisions, using this power to further self-interest rather than for the good of the organization as a whole.
