“Ethical decisions are not based on what is best for the short term.They are based on the “right thing to do”
Whereas short-termism at the expense of ethics slowly weakens a company “doing the right” thing slowly strengthens it.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game.
Finite minded leaders with a bias towards “resources” before “will” willingly adjust their cultures to meet their priorities.
People are pitted against each other in such a low trust work culture which can eventually lead to ethical fading.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
“The postmortem after any scandal or case of ethical fading nearly always reveals a failure of leadership in creating a trust based work culture.”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
Infinite minded leaders accept that creating a culture that is more resistant to ethical fading requires patience and hard work.
It requires devotion to a cause , a bias for will before resources and the ability to nurture Trusting teams.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “The Infinite Game”
Ethical fading happens in workplaces led by an finite mindset where people are pitted against each other.When profits are put before people , people resort to unethical means to strive in such environments.
The irony is that in such workplaces plagued by ethical fading , adopting a finite mindset to solve the problem has a cascading effect and multiplies the disease even more resulting in an epidemic.
Thus in workplaces plagued by this problem , the last resort is an infinite mindset.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game.
Ethical fading is a condition in the culture that allows people to act in unethical ways in order to advance their own interests often at the expense of others while falsely believing that they have not compromised their own moral principles.
Organizations that are run with a finite mindset where people are pitted against each other are prone to suffer from ethical fading.
When an organization is plagued by such ethical lapses , the recovery often is more often than not to find an inspirational infinite minded leader with a vision who puts people over resources to restore the morale back.
Thus in the infinite game of business , the last resort if always an infinite mindset since it is biologically related to the working of the human brain.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled “The Infinite Game”
Ethical fading is most often observed in non-trusting teams and work environments where people are pitted against each other by finite minded leaders who encourage such an environment.
The organization’s toxic conditions and unethical behavior spoils the work environment and entices the human rational mind to justify acts related to “ethical fading”
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book The Infinite Game
Ethical fading is not an event and it does not suddenly arrive like a switch was flipped.
It is more like an infection that festers over time.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book “The Infinite Game”
Leaders with a finite mindset put numbers and profits over people.
In an organization or culture where people are pitted against each other , in order to meet performance targets even the most talented of people can indulge in unethical practices to meet targets.
Thus such kind of organizations which are run with a finite mindset and numbers are put ahead of people there is more chance of ethical fading than organizations led with an infinite mindset where people are put ahead of resources.
Adopted from Simon Sinek’s book titled The Infinite Game.
Short term finite mindset leadership can result in ethical fading as well as erosion of organization culture.People lack trust , feel unsafe and hide information in the hope of benefits.
Frequent use of such tactics can lead to long lasting detrimental results for the organization as a whole.
In order to revive an organization back , infinite leadership focused on “trusting teams” is needed to make people feel safe and collaborate freely.
Thus time and time again we realize that trust based humane leadership is the last resort to revive an organization back from a quagmire.
Simon Sinek highlights these aspects in his book titled “The Infinite Game”