When Corporate Leaders Behave Badly

• Autorzy: Martin J. Lecker

Warianty tytułu

Gdy liderzy korporacyjni zachowują się niepoprawnie

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

With the number of high profile corporate scandals by major companies such as WorldCom, Enron, and Tyco, as well as current firms such as India's Satyam and the United States' Countrywide Financial Corporation, Healthsouth Corporation, and Diebold Incorporated, inevitably the responsibility for such unethical conduct must revert back to the leaders of these corporations. It is no wonder that in a survey conducted by The Economist [October 2003] only 23 percent of those questioned believed that a corporate executive could be trusted, which was slightly higher than that of a used automobile salesperson. This article will examine: (1) Details of the lack of ethical leadership exhibited in the latter four companies mentioned above, (2) Several psychological and philosophical reasons why this behavior was able to transcend throughout the organization, (3) Some steps which should have been in place to deter this poor behavior by corporate leaders, and (4) Recommendations for future research. (original abstract)

Gdy weźmie się pod uwagę szereg głośnych skandali korporacyjnych w dużych przedsiębiorstwach, takich jak WorldCom, Enron i Tyco, a także w istniejących nadal firmach, takich jak indyjski Satyam czy Countrywide Financial Corporation, Healthsouth Coporation i Diebold Incorporated w USA, odpowiedzialność za nieetyczne postępowanie musi nieuchronnie spaść na liderów tych korporacji. Nic dziwnego, że w ankiecie, jaką przeprowadził The Economist (październik 2003), tylko 23% pytanych odpowiedziało, że dyrektorowi korporacji można zaufać - wynik ten był tylko nieco wyższy od oceny, jaką uzyskali sprzedawcy używanych samochodów ["Ankieta"]. Niniejszy artykuł omówi: (1) szczegóły dotyczące widocznego braku przywództwa etycznego w czterech spółkach wymienionych powyżej; (2) kilka powodów natury psychologicznej i filozoficznej, dla których takie zachowanie mogło przeniknąć całą organizację; (3) kilka kroków, jakie należało podjąć, aby zniechęcić liderów do takiego nieprawidłowego zachowania, i wreszcie (4) zalecenia dla przyszłych badań. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Ethics; Leadership; Decision making; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

PL

Etyka; Przywództwo; Podejmowanie decyzji; Społeczna odpowiedzialność biznesu

• Czasopismo: Zarządzanie Zasobami Ludzkimi
• Rocznik: 2011
• Numer: nr 6
• Strony: 35--44

Twórcy

autor

Martin J. Lecker

• SUNY Rockland Community College, USA

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