Bad boss behaviour (survey of the ethical behaviour of managers in the Australian ICT industry)

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Lucas, R. (2011), "Bad boss behaviour (survey of the ethical behaviour of managers in the Australian ICT industry)", Strategic Direction, Vol. 27 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/sd.2011.05627dad.002

Bad boss behaviour (survey of the ethical behaviour of managers in the Australian ICT industry)

Article Type: Abstracts From: Strategic Direction, Volume 27, Issue 4

Lucas R.Information Age, 2010, Start page: 44, No. of pages: 4

Refers to a report of a study, by Richard Lucas and John Wechert (’Ethics and regulation in the ICT industry’ (2008)), which surveyed the ethical behaviour of managers in the Australian ICT industry, where ICT professionals were asked what they thought they would do when faced with an actual ethical problem and some questions about what they actually did do. Suggests that managers, being bosses, are more susceptible to trying to coerce their workers into unethical behaviour, and are more likely to give in to their bosses if asked to behave unethically. Argues that most ICT workers are unprepared for the ethical challenges they encounter in the workplace and the survey highlighted the fact that ICT-trained workers received little ethics education or training, but those with ICT training performed more poorly than those in the ICT industry without ICT qualifications. Concludes that the best place to start is to ensure that ICT ethics education and training for ICT managers prepares them for the actual ethical problems they face when they enter the workplace.Article type: ViewpointISSN: 1324-5945Reference: 39BB159

Keywords: Australia, Business ethics, Communication technologies, Corporate image, Managers, Professional ethics