3 April 2023

Qualities of Unethical People In Workplace

  • They deny deny deny everything even if it is unethical and when they get caught out
  • They scrape data from the web and everywhere else, without regard for PII and other aspects of data ethics
  • They call out things as attacks when their errors are pointed out to them
  • They will find ways to block or ban you
  • They will use their biases and discrimination to deflect from the issue
  • They will likely not believe you but follow a herd mentality, this is especially typical of people with Phd backgrounds who seem to assume they are above everyone and think they are ethical, beyond reproach, but don't really take a formal ethics course
  • Unethical people generally have obvious unethical practices with work and in their personal lives
  • Unethical people generally have very low respect for others
  • Unethical people are always looking to one-up you
  • Unethical people tend to be hypocritical, they rarely practice what they preach
  • Unethical people have a skewed view of fairness
  • Unethical people seem to think they are never accountable
  • Unethical people are untrustworthy
  • People that define codes of conduct and ethics for others generally tend to be unethical themselves and rarely follow what they set out as rules for others to follow
  • They are not very transparent with their work
  • They generally are not considerate about others
  • They tend to be egotistical and self-centered
  • They seem to target and accuse everyone else as being unethical
  • They are always looking to blame others for their mistakes and shortfalls
  • They have the same patterns of behavior which eventually makes you expect the worst from them
  • They will always look to interpret things the wrong way
  • They are willing to break the rules to better themselves
  • They have no issues of walking over others
  • They have no issues with using another person's original piece of work as their own
  • They tend to lie incessantly, and eventually get caught out with their lies
  • They are always looking to get around the system
  • They have low moral standard
  • They generally don't care about violating policies
  • They will call out everything unethical as legal speculation