unethical behaviour
The Leaders unethical behaviours in Organizations
Leadership and Management in Organizations, 7,5 hp
Autumn 2013
The Leaders unethical behaviours in Organizations
Introduction
The ethical behaviour and the moral goodness of leaders has been a topic of analysis for centuries. The moral character and the ethical practice of the organization have become an increasing concern for leadership researches in the aftermath of the global financial crises and earlier well-published corporate scandals (Jackson and Parry, 2011). One of the scandals that is brought up in this paper is British Petroleum (BP), a company that is a corporate that is considered to be unethical
Within organizations, ethical behaviour such as office policies is considered to be practise every day. Researcher and practitioners alike discuss the whether office politics is necessary behaviour within organizations.
The purpose of this paper is set out to analyze the ethical behaviour within the organizations, and discuss the world’s third largest energy company British Petroleum’s (BP), stance on ethics and corporate social responsibility.
The following question will be examined: Why do leaders act unethically? Is the unethical behaviour necessary or is it a distraction from work?
In order to analyze this subject, the paper is divided into different sections. The first section ‘the theoretical framework’, presents mainly Jackall’s (2010) and Hill’s (2003) view on office politics and the ethical leadership. ’The empirical framework’ is presented with British Petroleum (BP), a company that is a corporate that is considered to be unethical. In the analysis, the theoretical framework is compared to the BP’s spill oil disaster in 2010 and the conclusion there are a final statement and recommendations for further research.
Theoretical framework
Jackall’s book Moral Mazes (2010) present moral dilemmas of corporate managers in
Leadership and Management in Organizations, 7,5 hp
Autumn 2013
The Leaders unethical behaviours in Organizations
Introduction
The ethical behaviour and the moral goodness of leaders has been a topic of analysis for centuries. The moral character and the ethical practice of the organization have become an increasing concern for leadership researches in the aftermath of the global financial crises and earlier well-published corporate scandals (Jackson and Parry, 2011). One of the scandals that is brought up in this paper is British Petroleum (BP), a company that is a corporate that is considered to be unethical
Within organizations, ethical behaviour such as office policies is considered to be practise every day. Researcher and practitioners alike discuss the whether office politics is necessary behaviour within organizations.
The purpose of this paper is set out to analyze the ethical behaviour within the organizations, and discuss the world’s third largest energy company British Petroleum’s (BP), stance on ethics and corporate social responsibility.
The following question will be examined: Why do leaders act unethically? Is the unethical behaviour necessary or is it a distraction from work?
In order to analyze this subject, the paper is divided into different sections. The first section ‘the theoretical framework’, presents mainly Jackall’s (2010) and Hill’s (2003) view on office politics and the ethical leadership. ’The empirical framework’ is presented with British Petroleum (BP), a company that is a corporate that is considered to be unethical. In the analysis, the theoretical framework is compared to the BP’s spill oil disaster in 2010 and the conclusion there are a final statement and recommendations for further research.
Theoretical framework
Jackall’s book Moral Mazes (2010) present moral dilemmas of corporate managers in