What are the factors that cause CEOs to become self-serving, often to the detriment of their employees and shareholders? Why do they abandon their ethical values and resort to fraudulent activity? Scientific studies have shown that as CEOs rise in organizations, they become accustomed to wealth, seek endless amounts of power, and lose the ability to empathize with others. These behaviors set an organizational culture where each person learns to prioritize their personal needs over the needs of the business organization. (2 hrs)
Learning Objectives: After this block of instruction, the participants will be able to:
- Define bounded ethicality
- Define motivated blindness
- Assess the effects of power on ethical behavior
- Evaluate the effects of rivalry and competition on ethical behavior
- Explain executives turn ethical decisions into business decisions without even realizing it
- Develop methods to maintain ethicality even as you rise in the organizational hierarchy
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 1
- Certificate No
- Assessments Yes
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