Respond to each post: 200-300 ea post. Post #1 Group Ethics: After reviewing Chapters 7 and 8 in our textbook, I feel that mismanaged agreement poses the most danger to teams. While I do believe that symptoms of groupthink can cause severe damage to a team’s decision making, I think mismanaged agreement has more potential to cause resentment amongst team members due to everyone trying to satisfy one another by not speaking up and expressing their own opposing view. As Johnson (2016) mentions “These actions can generate lots of anger and irritation, and participants blame each other for the group’s failures” (p. 217). In my opinion, teams that show signs of groupthink tend to agree with one another when first making a decision because the “members fail to consider all the alternatives, outlined objectives, or gather additional information” (Johnson, 2016). With that being said, there may be less of a chance of group members feeling resentment towards one another because at the end of they day, majority of the group agreed on the decision that was made, despite the lack of consideration of other alternatives and/or information. I begin to recognize when a group is caught in the escalation of commitment when members of the group begin to justify their reasoning for making their original decision. I don’t believe a group would feel the need to continue justifying their decision unless they were trying to defend the fact that their proposed project may not be generating any benefits or is heading in a negative direction. I also notice signs of escalating commitment when there tends to be many more resources needed in order to carry out a project in addition to the original plan. In regards to a manager’s control vs. a group’s control over team members, I agree with the following statement made by Johnson (2016),“Members of newly formed self directed work teams frequently find that the group exerts more control over their behavior than their former managers ever did” (p. 220). My reason being is because groups obviously consist of more than one person, which I believe can be much more intimidating to a team member if an entire group has a common set of values and opinions rather than just an individual manager expressing their values and expectations to a team member. A team member may not have the same views as their manager, but when an entire group is pressing their expectations on an individual, this type of pressure can lead to “excessive, unhealthy influence over one another” (Johnson, 2016). Leadership Ethics: The ethical guidelines I would set for gathering and sharing information is to first ensure that the information I obtain is necessary for my role as a leader and that the information is not violating any company laws or policies. I would also make sure that any information I share with others does not violate any policies. For example, an manager that works at a University may have access to a student’s personal in ...