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How Competition for Customers Causes Unethical Behaviour

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How Competition for Customers Causes Unethical Behaviour

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Do you encourage a culture of competition in your organization in order to motivate your employees? This Idea shows that doing so may also promote corruption and unethical behaviour. In the face of local competition, firms operating in the New York air-pollution testing industry were found to be more likely to behave unethically. Read on to find out the implications of this finding for your organization.


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Idea conceived

August 15, 2013

Idea posted

Jun 2014
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