The Role of Leaders in Influencing Unethical Behavior in the Workplace
Leaders and unethical/ethical behavior
People reason at six stages
Understood at three broad levels
Pre-conventional
Conventional
Principled
greatly affect the culture of the company
Leaders should be the key source of ethical behavior
through modeling process
Social Learning
importance of transformational/charismatic leadership
modeling process
employees observe and are likely to imitate
Leaders make decisions about rewards and punishments
Consequences facilitate learning in an anticipatory and vicarious manner
what drives unethical behavior
Social Exchange
interpersonal treatment that employees receive from leaders
tend to identify with other parties in exchange relationships
Social and transactional exchanges
Creating an ethical environment
Perceived Fairness
Trust in Supervisor
Liking and Affection for Supervisor
authentic leadership
Ethical Leadership
Moral managers,leaders
visible ethical role models
create social change
treat people with trust and respect
informal/formal ethical code
Levels of leadership
leaders should try to make themselves visible/not at a distance