SMG SM 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pricewaterhousecoopers, The Slippery Slope, Common Cause

• School: Boston University
• Department: School of Management
• Course: SMG SM 131
• Professor: Rebecca Nichols

Document Summary

Recognize your own flaws and be conscious of your unconscious bias. Why do good people let bad things happen? money: hoping to achieve and make a lot of money greed: just want too much of something time pressure: quickly do something-> please your boss = time pressure. What are ethics unwritten rules we have developed for our interactions with one another standards of conduct generally accepted that govern our society viruses in actions such as honesty, fairness, justice. Decisions that are dishonest, unfair and unjust and costly for you and your business. ex: line cutting, cheating. Bias: implicit prejudice, in-group favoritism, overcalling credit, conflict of interest. Blind spots: ill conceived goals, motivated blinds, indirect blinds, slippery slope, overvaluing outcomes. Ex: ford pinto-> if we allow this design flaw to go forward then people will get seriously injured and killed. The tendency to have unconscious stereotypes, associations or attitudes about other individuals.