What makes an ideal breeding ground for dishonest behavior?

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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


Would your team be characterized by:

6. Altruistic Intentions7. Internal locus8. Flexible metrics9. Subjective operational

assessment10.In-house oversight


You may have inadvertently

created an ideal breeding

ground for dishonest behavior



Altruistic causes top the scale for

infectious rationalization

literally doubling what Ariely calls

the fudge factor.




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.


Mix things up

Diversify by adding new team members

disconnected personally and professionally.

1#




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




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%



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



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#




Listen Responsively

Create systematic processes to listen

and respond to team, members or

customers concerns.

6#




Live by well defined metrics

Opinions oscillate, metrics motivate.

7#No one should have to

guess the score



Nothing you KNOW is all there is.

8#

Which center circle is larger?


Be wary of Altruistic Intentions

Altruistic motivations have been shown to DOUBLE dishonesty

9#



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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What makes an ideal breeding ground for dishonest behavior?