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Professsional Etics: Ethical Issues

The document discusses causes of unethical behavior and why misconduct is often not reported. Causes of unethical behavior include meeting aggressive objectives, schedule pressures, helping the organization survive, rationalizing others do it too, resisting threats, and saving jobs. Reasons misconduct is not reported include fear of not being a team player, thinking no corrective action will be taken, fear of retribution, feeling no one else cares so why should I, and not trusting the organization to keep reports confidential.

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Professsional Etics: Ethical Issues

The document discusses causes of unethical behavior and why misconduct is often not reported. Causes of unethical behavior include meeting aggressive objectives, schedule pressures, helping the organization survive, rationalizing others do it too, resisting threats, and saving jobs. Reasons misconduct is not reported include fear of not being a team player, thinking no corrective action will be taken, fear of retribution, feeling no one else cares so why should I, and not trusting the organization to keep reports confidential.

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Professsional Etics

Ethical Issues
Lecture # 2
by Khadija Ejaz

Causes of Unethical Behavior


meeting overly aggressive financial or
business objectives
meeting schedule pressures
helping the organization survive
rationalizing that others do it
resisting competitive threats
saving jobs

Why Misconduct is not reported


fear of not being considered a team player
did not think corrective action would be
taken
fear of retribution (from management)
no one else cares, why should I
did not trust the organization to keep
report confidential

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