#💡 #🟠 # organizational politics ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Nov 23, 2021</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 03, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[ethics]] Condition in which members accumulate and use informal power to achieve personal and organizational objectives. Operates outside of formal power structure. Examples include: - lobbying - forming coalitions - doing favors in hope of reciprocation Negatively associated with hidden agendas, selfishness, backroom deals, manipulation and deceit. Sense that those who play politics get their way while more deserving, nonpolitical individuals don't. ## Sources [[Organizational Ethics - Johnson 2019]]