Question

Sadie hires a new manager. In a couple of weeks, she receives reports that the new manager often plays favorites and does not act in a trustworthy manner. However, since Sadie was the one to hire the new manager, she overlooks these flaws because acknowledging them would reflect that she made a hiring mistake. In this scenario, Sadie's behavior reflects which concept?

Answer 1

The correct answer is motivated blindness.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ethical blindness is a psychological phenomenon derived from what is known as: motivated blindness. It is that people see what they want to see and easily lose sight of conflicting information when it is in their interest to remain ignorant. The conflict of interest has a lot to do with this phenomenon. For example, if in the same work team - in any direction - the director maintains a personal relationship with a collaborator, the mistakes she makes will tend to minimize them against mistakes of other team members.

Both moral silence and ethical blindness are widespread phenomena within our corporate culture, and unfortunately they only manifest themselves when there is fraud within the company or a problem that affects the image of the company.These usually grow especially when the company You are succeeding and reaching your strategic and financial goals. Top management should focus more on these phenomena not only for an ethical duty issue but for proper risk management within the organization.