Review the discussion of ethical issues in organizational behavior. Discuss the areas of organizational behavior in which ethical issues have occurred in your work experiences.

ETHICAL ISSUES IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

The organizational behavior topics discussed in this book raise many ethicalissues and questions. Each chapter has a separate section that discusses the ethicalissues suggested by the behavioral topics of the chapter. The material developedin this chapter plays a central role in those discussions. After reading thischapter, you might want to read ahead and sample the ethical discussions inlater chapters.

People who have knowledge of organizational behavioral processes canstrongly affect other people’s behavior. Having such knowledge raises questions about whether it is ethical to affect the behavior of others without their consent and free will. For example, behavior shaping is a central topic in the motivationchapters. The ethical questions about behavior shaping center on having aperson’s explicit and free consent to use the shaping process. Discussions aboutstress in organizations raise ethical issues about the obligation of managers toreduce dysfunctional stress. The remaining chapters of this book treat thosequestions and many others like them.