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When teams enable wrongdoing out of misplaced loyalty

Our volunteer organization has been covering up the fact that our treasurer has been skimming donations because he's going through a divorce and everyone feels bad for him. We keep saying we'll handle it internally, but months have passed and we're essentially stealing from the cause we claim to serve.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group's compassion becomes a justification for perpetuating harm they would condemn in others.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Moral courage in everyday life?”

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