Black sheep and walls of silence

Muehlheusser, Gerd; Roider, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2005.11.004

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“…They also proposed a model for choosing to remain silent based on three factors: individual, organizational, and relational, i.e., one's relationship with one's supervisor. Muehlheusser and Roider (2008) analyzed the "wall of silence" phenomenon -honest employees that dislike unethical behaviors by other employees, but fail to voice their concerns to authorities. They argued that the importance of benefits that actors receive when cooperating with each other is a factor that influences keeping silent.…”

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Wicked webs: business partner networks and silence

Bon¹,

Moraes

Silva

2019

Pensamento Contemporâneo em Administração

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This study suggests that researches should look beyond the more often visible positive effects of alliances and social networks, to investigate how wicked webs can develop an efficient corrupted system. Bridging social network and alliances' areas of research, this theoretical review proposes three pillars to understand and prevent corruption: focus in the internal networks of the firm which decide for corruption, the partners networks and how they are connected to the firm, and the mechanism through which social network prevent people from talking about ethical issues, let alone blow the whistle, creating a snowball effect where corruption is acceptable. Resumo em portuguêsEste artigo sugere que além dos efeitos positivos visíveis de alianças e redes sociais, as pesquisas devem também investigar como redes perversas de parceiros podem desenvolver um sistema eficiente de corrupção. Baseada nas pesquisas de redes sociais e de alianças, esta revisão teórica propõe três pilares para entender e prevenir a corrupção: foco nas redes internas da empresa que decidem por corrupção, as redes de parceiros e como eles estão conectados à empresa e o mecanismo através do qual a rede social constrange o posicionamento aberto sobre questões éticas criando um efeito bola de neve onde a corrupção é aceitável. Palavras-chave:Corrupção. Parceiros. Alianças. Silêncio. Redes Sociais.

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Section: Unethical Silence In Order To Protect Social Capitalmentioning

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“…-set. 2019 3 tolerance of future acts of corruption, thereby creating an incentive for further unethical actions (Chang & LaiI, 2002;De Maria, 2006;Muehlheusser & Roider, 2008).…”

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Wicked webs: business partner networks and silence

Bon¹,

Moraes

Silva

2019

Pensamento Contemporâneo em Administração

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“…After all, researchers suggest that the "blue wall of silence" is common among police departments. 94 In one study, 79% of police officers stated that they were aware of the code of silence discouraging officers from reporting the behavior of their colleagues, and 46% of officers acknowledged having witnessed misconduct but not reported it. 95 When affirmation cards are circulated to officers by the agency head, these cards also serve as a reminder of the top administrator's commitment to preventing officer violence.…”

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Protecting Lives, Careers, and Public Confidence: Florida's Efforts to Prevent Officer‐involved Domestic Violence

Oehme

Siebert

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Family Court Review

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Florida's innovative Law Enforcement Families Partnership (LEFP) was created to reduce and prevent officer-involved domestic violence in the state. Administered by the Institute for Family Violence Studies at Florida State University and supported by the criminal justice and victim's advocacy communities, the LEFP is the first statewide project of its kind. It includes several components, the cornerstone of which is an online curriculum that teaches officers about the dynamics and consequences of domestic violence perpetrated by officers. This article describes the project and early data from the surveys attached to the curriculum.In October of 2009, a police lieutenant in Florida murdered the mother of one of his children and then fatally turned the gun on himself. 1 The tragedy brought into dramatic focus a phenomenon that had gained prominent attention a decade earlier: officer-involved domestic violence. In 1999, the International Association of Chiefs of Police acknowledged that "the profession of law enforcement is not immune from members committing domestic violence," and that it occurs at least as frequently in officers' families as it does in the general population. 2 Since that pronouncement, many states across the United States have made efforts to address officer-involved domestic violence. Their progress, however, has been uneven. In Florida, where over 45,000 law enforcement and 35,000 correctional and probation officers are employed, 3 agencies recently redoubled their efforts to prevent such crimes in a broad-based project called the Law Enforcement Families Partnership (LEFP). 4 The LEFP not only pursues intervention strategies, but has taken what victim advocacy groups describe as the "bold move" of systematically attempting to prevent domestic violence in officers' families. 5 This article first offers an overview of the scourge of domestic violence which forms the backdrop of the LEFP. The article then tracks the inception of the LEFP and focuses on one of its core components: a new web-based prevention curriculum. 6 In addition, the article reports the result of the first-quarter research data from the pre-and post-tests of the online curriculum study. Besides providing preliminary information on officers' knowledge and attitudes, the data includes feedback on the training itself. The LEFP hopes that even these early results will significantly advance efforts to curb officerinvolved domestic violence.

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“…Notable recent papers studying positive and normative properties of equilibria with whistleblowing include Berentsen et al (2005, unpublished manuscript), Benoit and Dubra (2004), and Muehlheusser and Roider (2008). The last two papers offer explanations for ''walls of silence,'' an outcome characterized by absence of whistleblowing and distortion/concealment of information about peers.…”

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“…Benoit and Dubra (2004) show that if the principal's own information is imprecise and the burden of proof standard is difficult, the group will support the member. Reputational concerns play a key role in deterring potential whistleblowers in Muehlheusser and Roider (2008). Berentsen et al (2005, unpublished manuscript) consider a two-player contest game in which the whistle is against one's competitor and complements an independent inspection activity.…”

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