social processes

Question 1

are many incidents due to management issues?

Answer 1

yes, the Uk health and safety exec analyses 1749 major incidents from 95 countries and found that 75% were due to bad management.

Question 2

briefly outline the Bhopal disaster in 1984 as an example of unsafe management decisions

Answer 2

• a pesticide plant In India released a mixture of toxic gases, this happened as they wanted to avoid closure so operated with reduced staff and safety measures.
• 10,000 people died immediately.

Question 3

briefly outline the VW diesel gate emissions fraud as an example of unsafe management decisions

Answer 3

• they installed a dedicated cheat device that detects when cars are being tested for emissions and automatically puts them into low emissions mode.
• a model of car produced 35 times the allowed amount of nitrous oxide.
• VW paid fines and 2 execs served prison time.

Question 4

outline the psychology of management malpractice

Answer 4

• many corporate criminals are situation-dependent, they don’t intend to harm people.
• pressures circumstances lead managers to take the risk.
• prevalence of psychopathy in managers is much higher in relation to the general population.

Question 5

discuss self-deception through a demonstration

Answer 5

if ppts are given the chance to cheat, they will make higher predictions about their test scores
- this is self deception

Question 6

outline what positive spill-over is

Answer 6

• performing one act of a certain type increase the probability of future behaviour of the type.

Question 7

outline what negative spill-over is

Answer 7

• performing one act decreases the probability of that future behaviour