The ethical executive : becoming aware of the root causes of unethical behavior : 45 psychological traps that every one of us falls prey to
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The ethical executive : becoming aware of the root causes of unethical behavior : 45 psychological traps that every one of us falls prey to
Stanford Business Books, c2008
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Includes index
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Description
In this book, Hoyk and Hersey describe 45 "unethical traps" into which any one of us can fall. These traps, they say, can erupt in any organizational environment. Some of these traps distort our perception of right and wrong-so we actually believe our unethical behavior is right. Many of them are psychological in nature, and if we are not aware of them they are like illusions-webs of deception. In the authors' analysis, these traps significantly contributed to the large-scale corporate disasters we witnessed in recent years.
Hoyk and Hersey take account of these realities and offer a "real-world" method that will predict, preclude, and, if necessary, "get us out of" these traps. Given the increased scrutiny under which all executives and mangers operate today, this book is a 'must read' for anyone who is charged with achieving an organization's mission-whether that mission is increasing profit, serving the common good, or both.
Table of Contents
@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgments xxx Foreword xxx @tocca:Anthony Parinello @toc2:Trapped! 1 Why Do Traps Exist, and What Are They? 000 Why This Isn't Just Another Business Ethics Book 000 A Word About Research 000 @toc1:Part I Primary Traps @toc2:Trap 1: Obedience to Authority 000 Trap 2: Small Steps 000 Sidestepping Responsibility 000 @toc3:Trap 3: Indirect Responsibility 000 Trap 4: Faceless Victims 000 Trap 5: Lost in the Group 000 @toc2:Trap 6: Competition 000 Self-Interest 000 @toc3:Trap 7: Tyranny of Goals 000 Trap 8: Money 000 Trap 9: Conflicts of Interest 000 @toc2:Trap 10: Conflicts of Loyalty 000 Trap 11 000 Trap 12: Conformity Pressure 000 Trap 13: "Don't Make Waves" 000 Trap 14: Self-Enhancement 000 Trap 15: Time Pressure 000 Trap 16: Decision Schemas 00 Trap 17: Enacting a Role 000 Trap 18: Power 000 Trap 19: Justification 000 Trap 20: Obligation 000 @toc1:Part II Defensive Traps @toc2:Annihilation of Guilt 000 @toc3:Trap 21: Anger 000 Trap 22: Going Numb 000 Trap 23: Alcohol 000 Trap 24: Desensitization 000 @toc2:Minimizing 000 @toc3:Trap 25: Reduction Words 000 Trap 26: Renaming 000 Traps 27 and 28: Advantageous Comparison and Zooming Out 000 Trap 29: "Everybody Does It" 000 Trap 30: "We Won't Get Caught" 000 Trap 31: "We Didn't Hurt Them That Bad" 000 Trap 32: Self-Serving Bias 000 @toc2:Trap 33: Addiction 000 Trap 34: Coworker Reactions 000 Trap 35: Established Impressions 000 Trap 36: Contempt for the Victim 000 Trap 37: Doing Is Believing 000 @toc1:Part III Personality Traps @toc2:Trap 38: Psychopathy 000 Traps 39 and 40: Poverty and Neglect 000 Trap 41: Low Self-Esteem 000 Trap 42: Authoritarianism 000 Trap 43: Social Dominance Orientation 000 Trap 44: Need for Closure 000 Trap 45: Empathy 000 @toc1:Part IV Analyzing Dilemmas @toc2:The Parable of the Sadhu 000 @toc3:Analysis 000 @toc3a:Lost in the Group 000 Tyranny of Goals 000 Time Pressure 000 Conflicts of Loyalty 000 Self-Serving Bias 000 Annihilation of Guilt 000 @toc2:Jonestown 000 @toc3:Analysis 000 @toc3a:Psychopathy 000 Obedience to Authority 000 Justification 000 Desensitization 000 Conformity 000 Conformity Pressure 000 Small Steps 000 Doing Is Believing 000 Renaming 000 @toc2:Final Words 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Index 000
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