Why Be Honest If Honesty Doesn't Pay

Name: Why Be Honest If Honesty Doesn't Pay (English version)
SKU: 90501

BhidÃ©, Amar; Stevenson, Howard H.

Product #:90501

Supplier:Harvard Business Impact

Discipline:General Management

Details:Article (PDF) • 8 pages • 1990-09-01

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Business ethics Business law and ethics Leadership and managing people Management Business law Corporate social responsibility Management philosophy Organizational values

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Conscience explains why most business men and women keep their word and deal fairly with one another. There is no evidence that honesty pays, despite efforts to argue otherwise. As business people, we tell ourselves that dishonesty is punished, but it is hard to find cases in which retaliation is swift and sure, even when wrong has clearly been done.