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Organizational Factors: The Role of Ethical Culture and Relationships
Organizational Factors: The Role of Ethical Culture and Relationships
Role relationships
All the roles that a person plays in a company constitute
his or her position and together they
– Prescribe the behavior that others expect of someone in
that position
– Help the organization achieve its goals
Differential association
– The idea that people learn ethical or unethical
behavior while interacting with others who are part of
their role-sets or belong to other intimate personal
groups
Whistle-blowing
– Exposing an employer’s wrongdoing to outsiders,
such as the media or government regulatory
agencies
Organizational pressures
– Pressure to achieve
company goals can
sometimes create ethical
issues.
Group norms
– Standards of behavior that groups expect of their
members
– Have the power to enforce a strong degree of conformity
among group members
– Sometimes conflict with the values and rules prescribed
by the organization’s culture