New research helps us sort out the consequences to standing up to unethical behavior. How can we make it easier for everyone to do the right thing?
A company’s reputation is a valuable resource that can be tainted by employees’ poor or criminal behavior outside the workplace, called off-duty deviance.
Besides for the potential of workplace ostracism to make a person feel terrible, new research shows that it also may affect an organization’s bottom line.
Although personal or professional slights are common, sometimes feeling wronged can lead people to retaliate in ways that are harmful to other employees or the organization.
Employees are faced with anxiety producing events every day: securing new clients, important meetings with bosses, interacting with difficult coworkers. Yet, these events can lead to more than just uncomfortable feelings, they may also affect ethics in the workplace. Recent research shows that anxious employees may be more likely to engage in unethical behavior than employees in a relaxed state.
Researchers show how socially ostracized employees may be more likely to engage in unethical workplace behavior. What can organizations do about this?
Research suggests that harmful work outcomes occur when leaders react passively to uncivil workplace behavior.
Bob is a job applicant taking on online intelligence test as part of his pre-employment screening. Some of the questions are pretty hard, but he can simply Google the answers and get them right. Does he cheat? New research shows how organizations can help design these types of tests to make sure that cheating is less likely to occur.
Researchers demonstrate how employees who witness unethical behavior can be driven to emotional exhaustion and reduced performance.
Employees who work harder and achieve more are highly valued by employers. But all too often these high performers’ achievements and rewards attract the envy of their peers. A new study examines the role jealousy plays in workplace victimization, as well as factors that could help organizations avoid this sort of bullying altogether.
