Which of the following is a possible unintended consequence of an organization focusing more on ethics planning than on implementation?
A)Employees may come to view unethical conduct as acceptable behavior.
B)The government will implement its own audits.
C)The ethics program will never be created.
D)Employees will become dissatisfied with their jobs.
E)The implementation process will incur large costs for the organization.

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If an organization focuses more on planning ethics than on implementation, employees may interpret the organization's inaction as a lack of concern over ethics or an acceptance of unethical behavior. This, in turn, may lead employees to engage in unethical behavior as they will think that it is acceptable in the organization's culture.

Which of the Following Is a Possible Unintended Consequence of an Organization