LINKING GROUPTHINK TO UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATIONS

被引：55

作者：

SIMS, RR

机构：

[1] School of Business Administration, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, 23185, VA

来源：

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS | 1992年 / 11卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1007/BF01686345

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper is designed to do four things. First, the paper discusses the importance of groupthink in contributing to unethical behavior. Second, the paper discribes how groupthink contributed to unethical behavior in three organizations (Beech-Nut, E. F. Hutton, and Salomon Brothers). Third, symptoms of groupthink (such as arrogance, overcommitment, and excessive loyalty to the group) will be presented along with two methods for programming conflict (devil's advocate and dialectic) into an organization and group's decisions. Finally, the paper introduces some prescriptions for reducing the probability of groupthink.

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页码：651 / 662

页数：12