As Cloud (2014) states, “if you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.” What this means is that culture is especially important in an organization and depends upon the good will of all members of that organization to adhere to the principles and framework that support the culture.
The ideology behind the Cloud statement was not much practiced by the 11 officers who witnessed but did not participate in the Rodney King beating. The ethical issues as they pertain to LAPD vision and mission at the time were clearly related neither to serving nor to protecting. Had King represented a threat to society, a simple arrest would have been warranted—but a severe beating? Never. The officers obviously want above and beyond their jurisdiction and acted as judge, jury and punisher. The 11 officers who stood by failed to communicate to their peers that necessity of refraining from such abuse of the law.
At the same time, the LAPD culture undoubtedly promoted this type of silence and for an officer...
In this sense, the Cloud quote reveals the danger of allowing a corrupt or negative culture to persist in an organization. When a corrupting culture is recognized as a norm and respected by members of the organization, ethical activity becomes harder to achieve. Any of the 11 officers who witnessed but failed to intervene in the beating of King may have suffered from the debilitating and limiting culture that the police organization placed on them. This is why it is important that a culture promote positive, ethical values rather than values that undermine and harm society.
Week 5
Beginning with the end in mind (Rothaus, 2006) is an excellent way to approach organizational development. It provides a vision for all stakeholders and allows them to see the ultimate goal to which they are all in unison meant to be striving. It supports the idea of teambuilding by putting everyone on the same page at the outset: everyone knows what the expected output is and everyone can align their designated duties with this pre-determined point.
Two methods that might be used to incorporate the idea of beginning with the end in mind when building a team would be to first identify that strategic goals of the team and how to accomplish them and second to have regular meetings that we…
