Preventing leaders from losing their moral compass

What is the most common way a person begins being corrupt?

Leaking confidential information

Usually by ignoring or condoning something very small

Making sexist remarks

By stealing money

Why might a leader's misdemeanours cause the team to behave badly too?

Because people generally follow where they are led

Because team members may be scared of speaking up and the behaviour may then become normalised

Because the leader may create incentives for his or her team to break the rules

Because they find they get a better performance review if they join in

Why might involving more outsiders in the leader's work life help prevent bad behaviour?

Because the more people watching a leader, the better

Because it will keep the leader busy

Because those people may be better at spotting corruption

Because it introduces more diverse perspectives and minimises the risk of explaining away misdemeanours

Which of the following is the most important way to bring in diverse viewpoints?

Reports

Surveys

In-office representation

Site visits

What is often considered the gold standard for representation in the office?

Employee-formed internal investigative units

Internal employee surveys

Employee representation on the board

A dedicated anti-corruption officer posted internally

Which of the following is not key to valuable employee representation?

True debate

Sheer numbers of employees in the room where decisions are being made

Quality of the dialogue

Inclusive nature of the team

How do cross-functional teams assist in preventing poor behaviour?

They make sure no one is bored so there are fewer lapses in attention

They increase the number of 'eyes' with expertise across different teams

They break down siloes and challenge group-think

They allow every employee an understanding of the whole business

Which of the following is a key roadblock preventing employees from engaging with leaders?

Leaders often seem unapproachable and scary

Leaders see conversations with employees as only anecdotally interesting

Leaders can be very busy

Leaders don't prioritise speaking with employees

Which of the following statements best describes the term 'superiority illusion'?

When leaders of a higher stature think they are increasingly a better listener

When a leader thinks they are far superior to the average employee

When employees think the leader is too superior to talk to

When employees offer false feedback to a leader to boost their ego

How can organisations get minority groups' concerns heard by leaders?

Have a minority feedback portal on the staff website

Allow them exactly the same channels as the majority – after all they are no different

Operate informal channels of communication because they appear to be more helpful to minorities

Hand out anonymous surveys to everyone who has declared as a minority group on their paperwork

Preventing leaders from losing their moral compass

What is the most common way a person begins being corrupt?

Why might a leader's misdemeanours cause the team to behave badly too?

Why might involving more outsiders in the leader's work life help prevent bad behaviour?

Which of the following is the most important way to bring in diverse viewpoints?

What is often considered the gold standard for representation in the office?

Which of the following is not key to valuable employee representation?

How do cross-functional teams assist in preventing poor behaviour?

Which of the following is a key roadblock preventing employees from engaging with leaders?

Which of the following statements best describes the term 'superiority illusion'?

How can organisations get minority groups' concerns heard by leaders?

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