A large number of managers report that unethical practices occur in business organizations,
and a substantial percentage (65 per cent) report that they have at times compromised on their
personal ethical standards while deciding for the organization (Tsalikis and Fritzsche 1989).
According to Ferrell and Gardner (1991), some of the reasons for such poor choices that lead
to ethical concerns are as follows:
• Self-interest prevails over the interest of the organization.
• Lack of education in the eld of ethics.
• Special circumstances which prevail over ethical concerns. ...
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