Evaluation of Opportunists’ Attitude, Lack of Humility, Insubordination, and their Megalomaniacal Inclinations as an Obstruction for Development and violation of Manners and Decency

There are expressions saying, ‘It is neither the hero nor the personality, but the people who are the moving force of history, and ‘Trust and respect are the obverse sides of the same coin’. What do we understand by these expressions? The primary question raised in this study is: Why should I trust a person I do not know? There are some subordinates who are aware that opportunism is a self-serving, self-centred approach to situations that disregards how others feel, but they deliberately violate manners and decency. The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitude of opportunists and what influences them to violate manners and decency. The primary sources for data collection include oral interviews that were conducted through face-to-face interaction. The interviews were aimed at eliciting first-hand information on the knowledge of the subject matter. The secondary sources included among others, materials such as Journal articles, books and theses, and of course personal experience. The results have shown that opportunists are also unprofessional, exploitative, unprincipled and take unfair advantage of opportunities for selfish ends. It was concluded that in any work environment, there are employees who will pounce on any available opportunity for personal gain, whether or not it hurts the business, organization, project, leader/founder, or co-workers.