This document discusses how humans are inherently social and influenced by groups and social environments. It covers theories of how social bonding to a group through shared beliefs, attachment, commitment and involvement can influence individual behavior and reduce nonconforming actions through peer and social pressure. Maintaining alignment between the individual's morality and the group's shared values is important for this social control and influence over behavior.

1. WORK ENVIRONMENT
AND
GROUP DYNAMICS
Chapter 6

2. Social Animals
 Humans are social creatures
 People are heavily influenced by external
factors
-overall business atmosphere
- the small group
- the chain of command

3. Relative Ethics
 The domain of the genuinely moral life only
begins where the collective life begins
 We are moral beings to the extent that we are
social beings

4. Social Control Theory
 Social bonding with groups that reflect
mutually acceptable values
 The group morality must match the morality of
the individual to reduce the chance of
behaviors that do not conform to expected
norms.

5. Elements of Social Bonding
 The first element is belief in the ethical
framework and common value system of the
group
 The next element is attachment.
 Commitment
 Involvement

6. Peer Pressure
 Organization itself
 Social control – belief, attachment,
commitment, involvement.
 The influence of managers and other authority
figures on the individual’s behavior.