The Ethics ‘‘Fix’’: When Formal Systems Make a Difference
BlogRediscovering the Human Purposes of Business, by Mark Goyder
BlogFeatured Collaborator of the Month: Linda Treviño
BlogMy research demonstrates why it is important for organizations to create structures and systems that support doing the right thing (because in the ethics realm, most normal people are susceptible to external influences).
My work also demonstrates the importance of a variety of these structures and systems, both formal and informal ones. For example, performance management systems are crucial, and leaders at all levels have an extraordinary influence (both good and bad) on followers through their behaviors, the messages they send (subtle and not so subtle), and the cultures they create.
Featured Collaborator of the Month: Daylian Cain
BlogI study judgment and decision making, or, as I like to say, “why good people do bad things, and why smart people do dumb things.” Much of my work is on conflicts of interest and how they are problems not only for the intentionally corrupt but also for well-meaning professionals who fall prey to unintentional bias.