The Economist: The view from the top, and bottom. Bosses think their firms are caring. Their minions disagree.

Nearly half of those in blind-obedience companies said they had observed unethical behaviour in the previous year, compared with around a quarter in the other sorts of firm. Yet only a quarter of those in the blind-obedience firms said they were likely to blow the whistle, compared with over 90% in self-governing firms. Lack of trust may inhibit innovation, too. More than 90% of employees in self-governing firms, and two-thirds in the informed-acquiescence category, agreed, “good ideas are readily adopted by my company”. At blind-obedience firms, fewer than one in five did.

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