A book on (dis)honesty in management recently published by Emerald

Tiia Vissak and Maaja Vadi edited a book (Dis)Honesty in Management: Manifestations and Consequences.

Several other authors from the Faculty of Business Administration contributed to the volume: Eneli Kindsiko, Anneli Kaasa, Eve Parts, Jaanika Meriküll, Oliver Lukason, Mark Kantšukov, Krista Jaakson, Jaan Masso and Xiaotian Zhang. In addition, the book encompasses chapters by authors from other universities: Hilmar Þór Hilmarsson, Tairi Rõõm, Karsten Staehr, Darja Medvedskaja, Dana Mesner Andolšek, Mateja Primožic, Janez Štebe, Zuzana Dvorakova, Edward Shippen Bright, Jan Muehlfeit, Martina L. Yanga, Isaac O. Amoako, Eshani Beddewela and Maria Lai-Ling Lam.

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 fulfill 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.

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