On Understanding the Need for a Behavioral Business Ethics Approach
The numerous international scandals in business such as those at AIG, Tyco, WorldCom, Enron, and Ahold have made all of us concerned about the emergence of unethical and irresponsible behavior in organizations. Bad leadership behavior, as shown by the arrest of the former chief executive officer (CE...
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Zusammenfassung: | The numerous international scandals in business such as those at AIG, Tyco, WorldCom, Enron, and Ahold have made all of us concerned about the emergence of unethical and irresponsible behavior in organizations. Bad leadership behavior, as shown by the arrest of the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Converse in Namibia, the CEO at United Healthcare being forced to step down, and Patricia Dunn of Hewlett Packard being charged in an ethics scandal, are no exception anymore. More recently, our concerns over ethics have become even stronger due to the worldwide financial crisis, in which it became strikingly clear that the irresponsible (and unethical) behavior of managers and organizations inflicts pain on society and its members (De Cremer, 2011). In addition to the unethical behavior of those who contributed to the crisis, we see continued moral lapses in institutions like AIG, who have doled out millions in bonuses to the very people who drove the company and the country into a financial crisis. It seems that no matter where we look today, the erosion of ethics and basic moral principles of right and wrong have taken us to the point at which trust in our institutions and the very systems that make our society work is in imminent danger of oblivion. |
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DOI: | 10.4324/9780203803820-2 |