RT Article
T1 The Functionality of Gray Area Ethics in Organizations
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 89
IS 2
SP 205
OP 205
A1 Bruhn, John G.
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785636103
AB All organizations have gray areas where the border between right and wrong behavior is blurred, but where a major part of organizational decision-making takes place. While gray areas can be sources of problems for organizations, they also have benefits. The author proposes that gray areas are functional in organizations. Gray areas become problematic when the process for dealing with them is flawed, when gatekeeper managers see themselves as more ethical than their peers, and when leaders, by their own inattention, inaction, and poor modeling, minimize the importance of building a moral community by delegating gray area issues to second-tier administrators. Gray areas provide wiggle room in coping with ethical dilemmas in organizations.
K1 Values
K1 Organization
K1 Decision-making
K1 Ethics
K1 ethical dilemmas
DO 10.1007/s10551-008-9994-7