IS CORPORATE POLITICS MAKING PEOPLE SELFISH AND DISHONEST?

Kya baat sirjee...

I support your views, Rahul!

No political or external environment can make a person selfish unless it's an inborn trait of that person. Few people never realize that they are selfish and continue doing the unacceptable acts until some1 makes them realize it.

It's like A person walking at 1 am in d night incidentally slaps some and when asked,excuses himself by saying that m suffering from somnambulism so didn't realize.:-)

I agree with sumita.

The  policies of the organisation in which you are working do have some impact on your behaviour.  It has nothing to do with your ethical standards.  You feel suffocated, when the working environment failing to match your personal aspirations and ethics.  In such situations, you can not stay any more and try to come out. If this is the case, how the corporate politics make the people selfish?

You are right Sumita, but what happens when you are helpless and succumb to the situation . It would be a catch 22 situation , neither you can spit it or swallow it. I some times feel, my greatest weakness is that I dont know to play politics in the organisation. I recently stumbled upon a book " Manager as Politician" . When I started reading the book , I understood many things and I really got present to many situations which happened in my corporate life. A healthy politics is always encouraged in the best interest of the company and team. 

Happiness, honesty are traits, unless and otherwise we compramise by finding our own reasons to be dishonest nothig external can make us behave in that way.

Politics is always healthy people get confused with the politicking, this is unhealthy.

Corporate policies will not destabilize the values and ethos acquired from childhood and incorporated within. 

its completely depeds upon the person of being selfish and dishonest and here also the cliche is repeating about "politics" . but Politics is good  again it depends upon how  its been used by people. so its the people themselves not politics which polluting the organizations environmemt. Also being selfish is not bad it help in sel-fdevelopment despite if the selfishness harm the organization.

Corporate education and politics make people not selfish, but they are modeled to be competitive. The corporate field need highly competitive candidates and these candidates are educated to reach the top and  best.   

agree with smita. while the environment does affect to some degree, it can not change one's fundamentals. would it not be possible that some of those who are selfish to begin with are vitiating the atmosphere by indulging in office politics ?

No, policies cannot make a person selfish and dishonest. Everyone of us have these characteristic but mature person won't exhibit it. So policies has nothing to do with selfishness and honesty.....