Answer to Question #184914 in Management for JIza

Question

Why does social loafing cause ethical dilemmas? What is it about social loafing that makes it difficult to cope with on a one-to-one basis if one your colleagues does it? 

Answer 1

Why does social loafing cause ethical dilemmas?

Social loafing causes ethical dilemmas because of the negative impacts it produces on the performance of a group. The production of a whole organization is slowed down, and a poor team spirit is created.

What is it about social loafing that makes it difficult to cope with on a one-to-one basis if your colleagues do it? 

It is a burden to accept a lazy individual not contributing towards a group project. It demoralizes a group to imagine that work that should be evenly distributed and everyone is held accountable is the same work that a colleague takes advantage of and could gain from it with no effort.