Employees feel the need to lie to avoid punishment or termination at work and do whatever they have to do to get away with it. Whatever they do, they feel it is unintentional and believe their motives are good. Good people at work have a hard time coming forward and reporting unethical behavior for fear of being labeled. People fear being seen differently from their colleagues, such as complaining, damaging relationships, being blamed for the problem, or retaliation from an unethical person. One theory that attempts to explain this type of behavior is social exchange theory. “The theory suggests that all employees have a social exchange relationship at work: they give and receive. (Furnham) » Lawrence Kohlberg is a psychologist whose work has answered many questions about why we are cruel to others when faced with ethical dilemmas. Kohlberg explains that people follow six stages of moral development. These six stages are divided into 3 levels: Preconventional, Conventional and Postconventional. Each of the levels corresponds to what an individual believes to be society's expectations of them. At the preconventional level, people do not believe themselves to be exempt from the rules. The conventional rules of society are extremely important to the person. The unconventional individual believes in the principles that govern