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Our book will be published soon: (Dis)honesty in Management:
Manifestations and Consequences 
Contributor(s):Tiia Vissak (editor),
Maaja Vadi (editor) 


http://books.emeraldinsight.com/display.asp?K=9781781906019&sf1=contributor&st1=Tiia+w%2F2+Vissak&sort=sort_date%2Fd&m=1&dc=2&cur=GBP
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Series: Advanced Series in Management v. 10 
Format: Hardback, 348
pp 
Publication date: 22 May 2013 
Imprint: Emerald Group Publishing
Limited 
ISBN: 9781781906019 
ISSN: 1877-6361 
Price: £72.95 

Synopsis

This volume concentrates on different forms of honesty and dishonesty
in management and their consequences for managers, firms and society.
Honesty can be defined as the refusal to pretend that facts of reality
are other than what they are, while dishonesty - including lying,
stealing, cheating, distortion, concealing of important information,
failing to fulfil promises, and abruptly abandoning a business
relationship - presents its opposite. Dishonesty can be blatant,
massive, strong and active, or subtle, minimal, weak and passive. The
volume is divided into four parts. The contributions of the first part
concern the nature of (dis)honesty in management. The second part
addresses (dis)honesty in public sector management and finance. The
third part focuses on (dis) honesty in firm management in Europe and
Africa, while the last part presents evidence on (dis)honesty in
management in Asia and America. The authors conclude that the
understanding of (dis)honesty and (un)ethical behavior differs in
different cultural, societal and organizational contexts; moreover, it
is not always easy to discover it. Dishonesty may lead to unfavorable
consequences for the dishonest and, quite often, also for the honest
party, but, sometimes dishonesty may pay off for the dishonest party in
the short term. This volume provides new theoretical, managerial and
policy insights in the field of management research and it should
interest scholars, managers and policy-makers, but also others studying
or discussing these issues or having to decide if they should act
dishonestly or not. 

Contents 

PART I: THE NATURE OF (DIS)HONESTY 

1.
The Nature of (Dis)Honesty, Its Impact Factors and Consequences 

Tiia
Vissak and Maaja Vadi 

2. (Dis)Honesty in Organizations: Ethical
Perspectives 

Eneli Kindsiko 

3. Honesty and Trust: Integrating the
Values of Individuals, Organizations, and the Society 

Anneli Kaasa and
Eve Parts 

PART II: (DIS)HONESTY IN PUBLIC SECTOR AND FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT 

4. The Banking Crisis in Iceland: Did the Government
Pretend That Facts from Reality Were Other Than They Were? 

Hilmar
Hilmarsson 

5. Perceptions of Unreported Economic Activities in Baltic
Firms: Individualistic and Non-individualistic Motives 

Jaanika
Merikull, Tairi Room, and Karsten Staehr 

6. Firm Bankruptcies and
Violations of Law: An Analysis of Different Offences 

Oliver Lukason


7. From Dishonesty to Disaster -- The Reasons and Consequences of


Rogue Traders' Fraudulent Behavior 

Mark Kantsukov and Darja
Medvedskaja 

PART III: (DIS)HONESTY IN FIRM MANAGEMENT IN EUROPE AND
AFRICA 

8. The Drivers and Moderators for Dishonest Behavior in the
Service Sector 

Krista Jaakson, Jaan Masso and Maaja Vadi 

9. Human
Resource Managers and Employees' Rights: An ABC (Antecedents -- Behavior
-- Consequences) Analysis of 

Ethical Dilemmas 

Dana Mesner Andolsek,
Mateja Primozic, and Janez Stebe 

10. Honesty in Leadership: A Case of
the Czech Republic 

Zuzana Dvorakova, Edward Shippen Bright and Jan
Muehlfeit 

11. Legitimizing Dishonesty in Organizations: A Survey of
Managers in Four Sub-Sahara African Countries 

Martina L. Yanga and
Isaac O. Amoako 

PART IV: (DIS)HONESTY IN FIRM MANAGEMENT IN ASIA AND
AMERICA 

12. Evaluating 'Honesty' When Implementing Corporate Community
Initiatives: A Developing Country Perspective 

Eshani Beddewela 

13.
Building Trust between American and Chinese Business Negotiators 

Maria
Lai-Ling Lam 

14. The Consequences of Dishonesty in International
Partnerships: Three Chinese Cases 

Tiia Vissak and Xiaotian Zhang 

15.
From Dishonesty to Honesty: Is this Journey Path Dependent? 

Eneli
Kindsiko, Maaja Vadi and Tiia Vissak 

 

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