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behavior which in our case was deception it's unethical but it's also advancing our self-
interest at the expense of others that's what we found.
Steve sheretta
So it's easy to see how that would apply in so many areas of life and politics and world
relations and everything else but in the workplace in the HR office at what are the
implications? And is there anything that people can do about this? I mean is this just an
interesting observation but what do we do with the observation?
Jeremy yep
well we urge leaders managers employees to recognize that in our angry moments we
may lose our moral compass we suggest that managers pay close attention to monitoring
their employees when they notice that they're angry because they're angry employees are
more likely to cheat
Steve sheretta
So check this stationary closed if you have someone angry on the floor for missing pins
and that's yeah that's... I mean I'm joking, of course but that's sort of the idea is that there's
a propensity now in someone who's angry to do something that isn't going to be good for
the organization
Maurice Schweitzer
well I think yeah I think this Jeremy's pointing out it's important for us to recognize it's
true for us that is our own moral compass becomes less clearly pointed north when we
feel angry and it's true for others that is other people are going to behave more strategically
more self in a more self-interested way in a less ethical way when they're feeling angry
and again it could be some unrelated trigger that has made them feel that way
Steve sheretta
put your suggestion that there's a there's a benefit to developing organizationally some
kind of a self-awareness in people that will benefit the organization is that right maybe
you could elaborate on that idea a little bit right