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Is dishonesty contagious?
Ten steps to inoculate your
organization from the dreaded
“bend the truth” bug.
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Would your team be characterized by:
1.Strong group cohesion2.Close personal connections3.Self policing4.Robust privacy policy5.High organizational esteem
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Would your team be characterized by:
6. Altruistic Intentions7. Internal locus8. Flexible metrics9. Subjective operational
assessment10.In-house oversight
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You may have inadvertently
created an ideal breeding
ground for dishonest behavior
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Altruistic causes top the scale for
infectious rationalization
literally doubling what Ariely calls
the fudge factor.
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10If you suspect your board meetings could use a little
less fudge, here are ten factors that will add more
proof to your team’s performance.
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Mix things up
Diversify by adding new team members
disconnected personally and professionally.
1#
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Incorporate an oath
Start each meeting and
include in each document a commitment to absolute
honesty in all
interactions.
2#Expect a 20% increase in honesty doing this alone
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Add Auditor(s)
Introduce an external auditing influence to independently assess decision making and
budgeting compliance. 3#
A simple “we’re watching” poster increased break room contributions 300%
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Insist on transparency
Create a centralized communications area where all significant correspondence is
categorized, searchable and available to all
stakeholders.
4#
Read is email killing your creativity
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Benchmark your standards
Measure your performance against
peers within your industry as well as
those “Positive Deviants” who, with the
same resources, find ways to do things
better.
5#
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Listen Responsively
Create systematic processes to listen
and respond to team, members or
customers concerns.
6#
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Live by well defined metrics
Opinions oscillate, metrics motivate.
7#No one should have to
guess the score
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Nothing you KNOW is all there is.
8#
Which center circle is larger?
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Be wary of Altruistic Intentions
Altruistic motivations have been shown to DOUBLE dishonesty
9#
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Enlist Experts
The infrequent market feedback inherent in most
nonprofit environments must be balanced with
expert analysis from independent resources.
10
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Randy Morgan CSP CPC
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