Whats the cause of unethical business practices?

Posted by editor at 9:22 am in workplace notes

Pressure to meet unrealistic business objectives seems to be the primary cause of unethical business pressures. The American Management Association (AMA) and Human Resource Institute (HRI)surveyed 1,121 human resource managers about the causes of unethical business practices: Pressure from management or the Board to meet unrealistic business objectives and deadlines is the leading factor most likely to cause unethical corporate behavior, according to a new survey on business ethics. The desire to further ones career and to protect ones livelihood are ranked second and third, respectively, as leading factors. Im sure this makes sense to any of us who have worked in corporate (or non-corporate jobs). And what can we do as business owners to encourage ethical behavior: What can companies do to combat unethical behavior? According to the AMA/HRI survey results, organizations can establish policies and processes for ensuring an ethical culture. These include leadership support and modeling of ethical behavior, consistent communications from all leaders, integrating ethics into goals, processes and strategies, and making ethics a part of performance management systems and a part of the recruitment and employee selection process. *Comments are closed.