Cross-Cultural and

Ethical Issues inOrganizational

Change

Originate in the United States

And other Western Countries

May conflict with cultural

values in some countries.

Western Perspective of

Change

LinearPunctuated by tension and overt conflict

ETHICALISSUES WITH

ORGANIZATIONALCHANGE

Change management

consultant’s role in the change

process.

Some organizational

change interventions

undermine the individual’s self-

esteem.

ETHICALCONCERN

SThreats to the privacy rights of

individuals.

Some change activities potentially increase

management’s power by inducing compliance and

conformity in organizational

members.

Threats to the privacy rights of individuals.

Potentially increase

management’s power by inducing compliance and

conformity in organizational

members.

Some organizational

change interventions

undermine the individual’s self-

esteem.

Change management

consultant’s role in the change

process.

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“The rate of change internally has to be greater than the rate of

change externally or else you’re

pedaling backward”

-Robert Nardelli Home Depot CEO