Did anyone think otherwise and need to have it explained?
Having been on both sides of the employment equation a few times now I can say confidently that people act on their values and respond to incentives without regard to where they sit on an org chart. This too doesn't require a study to confirm. Perhaps I'm naive and the point of publishing this is to drum up engagement from the aggrieved employed.
Be you an employer or employee the hardest thing to be in business is ethical. Convincing (or paying) people to care is incredibly hard, as is convincing (or paying) people to learn. It gets a lot easier when you find a way to tie either of those things to their values, and honestly most people, rationally, value themselves above all else. Is it any wonder people give up and begin exploiting one another?
This article reads like someone found the Gervais Principle [1] and viewed it as full of low-hanging fruit for a study.
Having been on both sides of the employment equation a few times now I can say confidently that people act on their values and respond to incentives without regard to where they sit on an org chart. This too doesn't require a study to confirm. Perhaps I'm naive and the point of publishing this is to drum up engagement from the aggrieved employed.
Be you an employer or employee the hardest thing to be in business is ethical. Convincing (or paying) people to care is incredibly hard, as is convincing (or paying) people to learn. It gets a lot easier when you find a way to tie either of those things to their values, and honestly most people, rationally, value themselves above all else. Is it any wonder people give up and begin exploiting one another?
This article reads like someone found the Gervais Principle [1] and viewed it as full of low-hanging fruit for a study.
[1] https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...