Ethics

In Gini and Marcouxs 2008 book, Jackall notes that the structure of the modern corporation leads to unethical behavior on the part of managers and confusion for many others.  Some of the main problems in management are that there is often little to no fair communication between managers and workers in which problems can attempt to be solved, fealty to the king in which oppressed workers fear of standing up for what is right, skewed social standards for business performance, and marked inconsistency in business planning and information sharing.  Although managers may try to deny the fact that they are responsible for company problems, it is true that those with the greatest power hold the greatest responsibility.

Unfortunately, people live within the reality of societies in which the rights of workers have long been held under contempt and lack of respect.  Patriotic allegiance to the heads of companies is often the norm, even when workers are suffering at their hands, such as described by Green in how management unethically forced workers to meet auto repair quotas.  The power dynamic is so skewed that workers do not feel as if they have the power to counter the decisions of management and frequently the legal system supports efforts at derailing worker activism.  Social standards of performance are geared toward the high incomes of managers and company cost reduction and do not consider the health of the whole company.

Although company managers claim that they want companies to be successful, there are inconsistencies in what they say and the outcome of their actions for the company.  Large manager paychecks and company cost reduction does not always equal to healthy companies, workers, and communities.  Companies often suffer at the hands of poor management decisions, and quality diminishes because of the narrow minded greed of company heads.  The health of a company is directly linked with successful outcomes for managers, workers, and communities together.