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The Good, the Bad, and the Misguided: How Managers Inadvertently Encourage Deviant Behaviors

“…68 When managers set an example by behaving ethically, honest employees are much less likely to feel tempted or pressured to engage in deviant acts. 69 However, the opposite is also true. An employee caught embezzling money from her company explained that, since the company president took money from petty cash, used company postage for personal mail, and had company employees do domestic work for him, she thought that her behavior was perfectly acceptable.…”