Tuesday, August 10, 2021

How to Bring Your Conscience to Work - G. Richard Shell, Knowledge at Wharton

Wharton professor G. Richard Shell’s graduate course on business responsibility is peppered with students he calls “ethics refugees.” They are young people who earned their bachelor’s degrees and landed a great job only to fall into an ethical or moral trap set by a boss, a co-worker, or the company culture. Sexual harassment, discrimination, fraud, lying, cheating, peer pressure — the list of unsavory and illegal behaviors goes on. Some were able to push back; others were fired or retaliated against for bucking the system; many went along with it only to feel guilty and quit.

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-to-bring-your-conscience-to-work/