I opened the Sunday paper today and, low and behold, there's an ariticle in the Business section on cheating. It involves how students at Iowa State cheated on a test and what became of that. Here's an excerpt and the link:
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060416/BUSINESS04/604160337/0/BUSINESS03
...One indignant student, who clearly had cheated, wrote: "I am not a cheater. In fact, I abhor cheaters just as much as drunk drivers and psychotic terrorists. If I were in the position to uncover a cheater, I would readily do so."
The indignant student's ability to distance himself from what he had done is a scary thing for real-world managers, said co-author Kaufmann.
Most managers will not have to deal with Enron-size ethics issues, but they will have to deal with a lot of little things, such as expense account padding and discrimination.
Little things have a cumulative effect, he said. Over time, they can cause people to distrust an organization or create unnecessary adversarial situations....
...Some strategies of the past no longer work, the authors said.
"In past, we've told students: 'If you cheat, you are only cheating yourself.'
"Apparently, a lot of people are willing to take that hit," Kaufmann said...
The part about hurting the organization is, I think, very important to the future of pool. How many people avoid the game of pool because of this perception? If each of us doesn't stop people (ourself?) from cheating at pool, who loses and who gains? I say we all lose in the long run.
The part about hurting yourself and how that doesn't work anymore to stop behavior amazes me. Why would this be? Has the self been worked over by the altruistic crowd for so long that it isn't considered important anymore? Wow.
Jeff Livingston
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060416/BUSINESS04/604160337/0/BUSINESS03
...One indignant student, who clearly had cheated, wrote: "I am not a cheater. In fact, I abhor cheaters just as much as drunk drivers and psychotic terrorists. If I were in the position to uncover a cheater, I would readily do so."
The indignant student's ability to distance himself from what he had done is a scary thing for real-world managers, said co-author Kaufmann.
Most managers will not have to deal with Enron-size ethics issues, but they will have to deal with a lot of little things, such as expense account padding and discrimination.
Little things have a cumulative effect, he said. Over time, they can cause people to distrust an organization or create unnecessary adversarial situations....
...Some strategies of the past no longer work, the authors said.
"In past, we've told students: 'If you cheat, you are only cheating yourself.'
"Apparently, a lot of people are willing to take that hit," Kaufmann said...
The part about hurting the organization is, I think, very important to the future of pool. How many people avoid the game of pool because of this perception? If each of us doesn't stop people (ourself?) from cheating at pool, who loses and who gains? I say we all lose in the long run.
The part about hurting yourself and how that doesn't work anymore to stop behavior amazes me. Why would this be? Has the self been worked over by the altruistic crowd for so long that it isn't considered important anymore? Wow.
Jeff Livingston
