More Carrot, Less Stick: How the Tone at the Top Creates a Culture of Integrity

Does your organization identify top performers based solely on outcomes like productivity and profit? Or does it also recognize employees who do the right thing, even when doing so requires more time or money? Do you, as a leader, coach your team to win at all cost? Or do you encourage them to play by the rules and do their best in an effort to win fair and square?


As a leader, you are in a unique position to influence the ethical behavior of your employees. In fact, research shows that when you establish an ethical tone at the top and reward employees who uphold your ethical code, you will not only create a culture of integrity, you will increase morale, productivity, and shareholder value!


By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Analyze reciprocal and parallel deviance as rationalizations for misconduct
  • Discuss how an overemphasis on outcomes creates a “win at all cost” mentality
  • Associate teleological ethical reasoning with “end justifies the means” behavior
  • Distinguish how a tone at the top that prioritizes ethics promotes integrity
  • Associate a culture of integrity with employee morale, productivity, and profit

 

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