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Workplace morality : behavioral ethics in organizations / by Muel Kaptein.

By: Publisher: Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: vii, 161 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781783501625
  • 1783501626
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.4 23
LOC classification:
  • HF5387 .K358 2013
Contents:
The context -- Clarity -- Role modeling -- Achievability -- Commitment -- Transparency -- Openness -- Enforcement -- Challenge.
Summary: Why do honest and decent employees sometimes overstep the mark? What makes managers with integrity go off the rails? What causes well-meaning organizations to deceive their clients, employees and shareholders? Social psychology offers surprising answers to these intriguing and timely questions. Drawing on scientific experiments and examples from business practice, Muel Kaptein discusses why good people sometimes do bad things and how they rise above this behavior. He explains why cheats wear sunglasses, why overstepping the mark could be a good thing, how a surplus of rules creates offenders and why we should be suspicious of colleagues who wash their hands after meetings.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HF5387 .K358 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001294536

Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-161)

The context -- Clarity -- Role modeling -- Achievability -- Commitment -- Transparency -- Openness -- Enforcement -- Challenge.

Why do honest and decent employees sometimes overstep the mark? What makes managers with integrity go off the rails? What causes well-meaning organizations to deceive their clients, employees and shareholders? Social psychology offers surprising answers to these intriguing and timely questions. Drawing on scientific experiments and examples from business practice, Muel Kaptein discusses why good people sometimes do bad things and how they rise above this behavior. He explains why cheats wear sunglasses, why overstepping the mark could be a good thing, how a surplus of rules creates offenders and why we should be suspicious of colleagues who wash their hands after meetings.

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