Factors that pressure Ethical Behavior - June 16, 2009
A manager’s ethical or unethical behavior is determined by complex interaction between the manager’s stage in moral development and various moderating variables moderating variables include individual characteristics; organizational structure and the intensity of the ethical issues. The different factors that influence managerial ethical behavior are:
Individual characteristics: Personality variables largely affect a person’s ethical behavior. For instance, people with a higher ego are more consistences in their judgement and moral action’s “locus of control” describes the degree to which people believe that they control their own fate managers with an internal locus of control are likely to be more responsible about moral judgement and moral actions than those with an external locus of control.
Structural variables: An organizational determines the ethical behavior of managers. A proper structural design guides managers to execute activities that are needed to accomplish organizational objectives.
Organizational culture: A strong and ethical corporate culture influences people positively. An organizational, which has a pleasant culture, enhances the ethical standards of managers.
Issue intensity: An issue can be considered ethical or unethical depending on certain factors like the extent of harm, consensus about wrong, proximity to victims and concentration of effect.