Saturday, August 13, 2011

Why We Act Unethically Without Knowing It

It’s an uncomfortable message, but one increasingly supported by research. Many of us do unethical things even as we believe we are acting in the right.

  • It may explain why bankers sold home mortgages to people who clearly could not afford them.
  • It may explain why NASA supervisors approved the launch of the doomed space shuttle Challenger in extremely cold conditions, even when its own scientists advised against it.
  • It may explain why you approved an obviously inflated expense report from an employee.
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