brisebois blog

I discuss in class the five ways in which people will react when faced with an ethical dilemma:

• Exit
• Voice
• “Loyalty”
• Neglect/Sabotage
• Whistle-blowing.

The first three I paraphrase from a book by Albert Hirschman. The other two I picked up from research sources, as well as, sadly, my own experience.

The challenge for managers is to identify the behaviors and events that are symptomatic of these reactions, and to establish that said reactions are their cause.