In the phenomenon of groupthink, the team may arrive at poor-quality decisions and even act unethically.

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Groupthink can lead a team into making disastrous decisions. The essence of groupthink usually lies in two dynamics: one person or a few people dominating the agenda, and others in the group who are either afraid to speak up or are drowned out when they do speak up. The result is a false consensus in which the group seems to have debated all of the important issues and arrived at an optimum outcome, when in reality the group saw only a small part of the entire picture and came to somewhat arbitrary, rather than informed, conclusions.

In the Phenomenon of Groupthink, the Team May Arrive at Poor-Quality