How to tackle unethical behaviour in the workplace

By: Together Abroad 26-12-2015 5:57 PM
Categories: ** HR daily news,
Unethical behaviour in the workplace costs millions every year. Theft, fraud, and corruption are the main sources of unethical workplace behaviour, and therefore it is logical to want to avoid it happening as much as possible. How do you ensure that your employees do not run off with the organisation of the money?

If they are visible, people behave better

When employees behave immorally, it not only costs money. If fraud or embezzlement commonly occur, it can lead to a lack of confidence and negative social norms within the company. This can create a snowball effect whereby unethical behaviour worsens.

Punishment alone does not seem to be a good counter measure, stated psychologists from the US and Israel. Organisations and policy makers can make better use of psychology in order to prevent employees behaving incorrectly.

The psychologists devised the method Revise: Reminding, Visibility, Self-engagement. Following these three steps should get employees far enough away from the idea that unethical behaviour can be beneficial to them that they no longer have the need to fool the company.

Reminding: increasing the awareness of moral behaviour, making it less easy to justify dishonesty.
Visibility: by getting less anonymity and mutual monitoring within the workplace, people less likely to misbehave.
Self-commitment: be motivated to maintain a positive self-image and ensure that employees believe it is important to act morally.

People recall their own behaviour according to the researchers, and this makes this method far more effective and cheaper than stricter actions of control or penalties against unethical misconduct.
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