|
|
Article: Follower propensity to commit crimes of obedience: the role of leadership beliefs.
- Article from:
- Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Baker College System - Center for Graduate Studies. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Organizations and society are concerned about unethical behavior. One type of unethical behavior is crimes of obedience, where followers are influenced by a leader to engage in behavior they would otherwise consider unethical. In this article, the author proposes that people who see themselves as leadership material and hold leaders in high esteem are more likely to view leaders as having more responsibility for ethical decisions and behaviors than followers. Consequently, such persons when placed in a follower position may be more susceptible to commit crimes of obedience through the process of moral disengagement by displacing responsibility for their behavior onto the ...