Whatallofuscandotofightthepervasivehumantendencytoenablewrongdoingintheworkplace,politics,andbeyondItiseasytocondemnobviouswrongdoerssuchasElizabethHolmes,HarveyWeinstein,andtheSacklerfamily.Butwerarelythinkaboutthemanypeoplewhosupportedtheirunethicalorcriminalbehavior.Ineachcasetherewasasupportingcastofcomplicitors:businesspartners,employees,investors,newsorganizations,andothers.And,whetherwe’reawareofitornot,almostallofushavebeencomplicitintheunethicalbehaviorofothers.InComplicit,HarvardBusinessSchoolprofessorMaxBazermanconfrontsourcomplicityhead-onandoffersstrategiesforrecognizingandavoidingthepsychologicalandothertrapsthatleadustoignore,condone,oractivelysupportwrongdoinginourbusinesses,organizations,communities,politics,andmore.ComplicittellscompellingstoriesofthosewhoenabledtheTheranosandWeWorkscandals,theopioidcrisis,thesexualabusethatledtothe#MeToomovement,andtheJanuary6thU.S.Capitolattack.Thebookdescribessevendifferentbehavioralprofilesthatcanleadtocomplicityinwrongdoing,rangingfromtruepartnerstothosewhounknowinglybenefitfromsystemicprivilege,includingwhiteprivilege,andittellsthestoryofBazerman’sownbrusheswithcomplicity.Complicitalsooffersconcreteanddetailedsolutions,describinghowindividuals,leaders,andorganizationscanmoreeffectivelypreventcomplicity.Bychallengingthenotionthatafewbadapplesareresponsibleforsociety’sills,Complicitimplicatesusall--andoffersapathtocreatingamoreethicalworld.
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