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# ethical decoupling
![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Dec 06, 2021</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 02, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[ethics]]
When an organization's (or individual's) most important actions are disconnected from their ethical efforts or ideals.
Ethically decoupled organizations:
- see ethics as a mean to an end
- comply with legal requirements
- has a lower awareness of ethical duties
- omits ethics from daily decisions and actions
- driven by practical or pragmatic considerations
- has ethically inconsistent reward structures and makes it difficult for members to practice moral behavior
## Sources
[[Organizational Ethics - Johnson 2019]]