role to play too. There are five factors in the corporate environment that can trigger destructive behavior in employees, as identified by Furnham and Taylor in their book Bad Apples.12
The first trigger is an uncaring company atmosphere where bullying is rife, and employees feel downtrodden. The second is unmet expectations, where promises made during the interview process are not upheld. Third is corporate hypocrisy, a huge rift between the CEO’s vision statement on the website and the reality of daily work. In this environment, words clearly don’t match deeds. Fourth is a lack of trust—managers are suspicious of workers and vice versa.
Last is a high level of inequality, where employees receive vastly different treatment; loyalty and diligence is unrewarded while sycophants are promoted.