How companies drift into unethical behavior

Unethical behavior inside organizations is often less sudden than companies assume. New research from ESMT Berlin shows how employees can collectively drift into misconduct as groups gradually reshape what they perceive as ethical or acceptable. The new study, "The Emergence of Collective Moral Disengagement," was co-authored by Ulf Schaefer (ESMT), Urs Müller (SDA Bocconi School of Management) and Johannes Habel (C.

Unethical behavior inside organizations is often less sudden than companies assume. New research from ESMT Berlin shows how employees can collectively drift into misconduct as groups gradually reshape what they perceive as ethical or acceptable.

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