The trap of unethical leaders
What? Accountability of not only our own actions but actions of authority figures around us is what keeps an organization or a community honest and trustworthy. As a leader, followers under you shouldn't have to question your objectives and orders on moral or ethical grounds. But also as a follower, it is important to have the ability to conflict with not just authority but also peers and those around you. In Chapter 7 of Intelligence Disobedience by Ira Chaleff, he discusses the changing dynamics of potentially changing dynamics of leaders, followers, and bystanders when it comes to confronting moral or ethical problems. So What? Followers are prone to many variables when it comes to executing plans or actions given out by the authority. If a follower is near an authority figure, even if unethical they are more likely to complete said actions. But the problem is no matter how close or how persistent a leader commands an unethical or immoral, on...