Letters to the Editors: Re: Dr. Rassman’s Article on Unethical Behavior

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 213-214
Author(s):  
Mark S. DiStefano
Keyword(s):  
Unethical Behavior

Undesirable Effects of Goal Setting on Perceived Fairness, Commitment, and Unethical Behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Keith
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Goal Commitment ◽  
Management Technique ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Perceived Fairness ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
And Performance

Abstract. The positive effects of goal setting on motivation and performance are among the most established findings of industrial–organizational psychology. Accordingly, goal setting is a common management technique. Lately, however, potential negative effects of goal-setting, for example, on unethical behavior, are increasingly being discussed. This research replicates and extends a laboratory experiment conducted in the United States. In one of three goal conditions (do-your-best goals, consistently high goals, increasingly high goals), 101 participants worked on a search task in five rounds. Half of them (transparency yes/no) were informed at the outset about goal development. We did not find the expected effects on unethical behavior but medium-to-large effects on subjective variables: Perceived fairness of goals and goal commitment were least favorable in the increasing-goal condition, particularly in later goal rounds. Results indicate that when designing goal-setting interventions, organizations may consider potential undesirable long-term effects.

Development of a Situational Judgment Test to Predict Unethical Behavior

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janneke K. Oostrom ◽  
Henk T. Van der Molen ◽  
Alec W. Serlie ◽  
Marise Ph. Born
Keyword(s):  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Situational Judgment Test ◽  
Situational Judgment
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