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Abuse of Power

Abuse of Power
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Copyright: 2015
Pages: 17
Source title: Business Ethics and Diversity in the Modern Workplace
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Philippe W. Zgheib (Lebanese American University, Lebanon)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7254-3.ch003

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Abstract

The person that abuses power finds him or herself facing a dilemma. That person must choose between gaining benefits at the cost of harming the person they are abusing or self-restraining their handling of power and avoiding harm to others, as they sacrifice any possible gains or enduring a reduction in personal benefits or even oftentimes a loss. Fear of unemployment makes workers generally want to protect their jobs and definitely avoid any confrontation with their boss, which may lead to enduring power abuse in silence. The abuse of power practice is common, since managers have the opportunity to take advantage of their subordinates for their own benefits. What really varies is the level of acceptance and the treatment that must normally include means and ways of protection and punishment. This chapter explores abuse of power.

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