Organizational Social Irresponsibility

A volume inContemporary Perspectives in Corporate Social Performance and Policy

Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch, Series Editor

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Organizational Social IrresponsibilityTools and Theoretical Insights

edited by

Agata Stachowicz-StanuschSilesian University of Technology

Gianluigi MangiaUniversity of Naples “Federico II”

Adele CaldarelliUniversity of Naples “Federico II”

Wolfgang AmannHEC Paris

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments ............................................................................... vii

PART IORGANIZATIONAL SOCIAL IRRESPONSIBILITY:

PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES

1 Organizational Social Irresponsibility: Theoretical Frontiers and Practical .......................................................................................... 3Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch, Gianluigi Mangia, Adele Caldarelli, and Wolfgang Amann

2 Why Illegal and Questionable Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices Hurt Stakeholders ............................................................... 11Michaeline Skiba

3 Public Management Reforms and the Oxymoron of Training Proceduralization ................................................................................ 37Denita Cepiku, Maurizio Decastri, Alessandro Hinna, and Sandro Mameli

4 Not Everything That Glitters is Gold: The Dark Side of Leadership and Rewards ..................................................................... 55Mariacristina Bonti, Vincenzo Cavaliere, and Sara Lombardi

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PART I ITHE THOUSAND FACES OF THE DARK SIDE OF BUSINESS

5 The Dark Side of Being too Good in Organizational Settings ........ 99Irene Nikandrou and Irene Tsachouridi

6 The Dark Side of the Gift in Organizations: When Gift-Giving Becomes Bribery and Corruption .................................................... 121Guglielmo Faldetta

7 The Dark Side of Ethics in Finance: Empirical Evidences From the Italian Market .................................................................... 141Giovanni Landi and Andrea Tomo

8 The Dark Side of the Entrepreneur: Aligning Dreams and Business Ideas Through Education .................................................. 183Rocco Agrifoglio, Paola Briganti, Concetta Metallo, and Lorenzo Mercurio

9 Conducting Business Through Corrupt Means: Studying the Black Arts of Management ............................................................... 205Duane Windsor

PART I I ISOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS

10 Exploring the Nexus Between Organizational Crimes and the Dark Side of Behavior: Strategies for Prevention and Mitigation ....... 237Radha R. Sharma and Anishya O. Madan

11 Mechanisms of the Embedding of Extortion Racket Systems: The Case of Cosa Nostra ................................................................... 259Martin Neumann, Giovanni Frazzica, and Valentina Punzo

12 The Dark Side of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations ...... 287Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek

13 Kerr Had It Right: What Is the Folly of the Reward? ...................... 315Diane H. Parente, James F. Fairbank, and Randy C. Brown

About the Editors .............................................................................. 337

About the Contributors ..................................................................... 339

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We would like to thank all the chapter authors who met deadlines, engaged ideas, responded to feedback, and wrote valuable chapters that make this book amazing. We are proud to have had the opportunity to work with all them. We are indebted to our reviewers for their valuable and thought-ful suggestions that have enriched this book. We are greatly indebted to Dr. Aneta Aleksander and Dr. Andrea Tomo, our research associates and colleagues, whose editorial acumen is reflected on every page of this vol-ume and whose engagements enabled us to accomplish the project. We also acknowledge George Johnson, publisher of IAP, for his astute guidance in all stages of this project and for reaffirming our belief that IAP is the best publisher to work with.

—Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch Gianluigi Mangia Adele Caldarelli

Wolfgang Amann