Networking, Corruption, and Subversion
35 Pages
Posted: 18 Jun 2016
University of New South Wales (UNSW), School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Date Written: April 28, 2015
Abstract
This paper explores the ethics of networking as a means of competition, specifically networking to improve one’s prospects of prevailing in formal competitive processes for jobs or university placements. There are broadly two ways that networking might be used to influence the outcome of some such process: through the “exchange of affect” between networker and selector, and through the demonstration of merit by networker to selector. Both raise ethical problems that have been overlooked but need to be addressed.
Keywords: Cronyism, Favouritism, Meritocracy, Networking, Personnel selection, Unstructured interviews, corruption, earwigging
Suggested Citation:
Suggested Citation
Dobos, Ned, Networking, Corruption, and Subversion (April 28, 2015). Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2771599
