Professional Sports: Rewarding and Punishing the Same Behavior

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• Read the case- “Professional Sports: Rewarding and Punishing the Same Behavior?” and answer the following question. • What are some examples of behaviors in typical organizations that supervisors reward but that may actually be detrimental to others or to others or to the organization as a whole? As a manger what might you do to try to avoid this quandary? As Professional Sports: Rewarding and Punishing the Same Behavior states the case that the athletes use steroids for enhancing there performance and are also encouraged by there managers for that but is actually detrimental to the sport. When athletes take steroids to enhance their performance abilities, they are misleading their managers and their fans. Initially, it may be rewarding because everyone involved gains from the profitability, sports merchandise, increased popularity and success. But in the end, when it is discovered that the athlete achieved recognition with the aid of steroids he destroys his reputation and his team’s and country’s reputation and the loyalty the fans had for him. An example of a behavior in a typical organization that supervisors/managers reward but may actually be detrimental to others or to the organization as a whole is the case where an employee gives bribe to some outsider for getting his work done. In this case the supervisor/manager would be happy as the employee gets the work done for the organization but when it is discovered that the employee had given a bribe to someone for getting the work done then the reputation of the employee and also the reputation of the organizations is destroyed in the market.(Example:- Chairman-cum-Managing Director of South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) in Bilaspur, M P Dikshit was arrested by the CBI for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs.1.30 crore from two private firms whose directors were also apprehended for showing them favour in
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