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Our book will be published soon: (Dis)honesty in Management: Manifestations and Consequences

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.

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