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When You Are Asked to Implement Hypocritical Layoffs

I am supposed to fire three people next week to meet budget targets but the executives just approved $2 million in bonuses for themselves.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are being forced to execute decisions that violate your sense of fairness while those making the decisions remain insulated from consequences.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Institutional ethics and organizational integrity?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.