Unable to Resist Temptation: How Self-control Depletion Promotes Unethical Behavior

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Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless the Shoes Are Cute: Cognition Can Both Hurt and Help Motivated Moral Reasoning (2013, neutral): “(1 = Not at All; 7 = Extremely).”
Serving You Depletes Me? A Leader-Centric Examination of Servant Leadership Behaviors (2020, background): “…that depletion necessarily follows from exercising self-control on demanding activities (e.g., Barnes et al., 2011, 2015; Christian & Ellis, 2011; Gino et al., 2011; Johnson et al., 2014; Lin et al., 2016; Lin & Johnson, 2015; see Johnson et al., 2018, and Johnson, Muraven, et al., 2017, for…”
Polluted work: A self-control perspective on air pollution appraisals, organizational citizenship, and counterproductive work behavior (2017, neutral): “For example, depleted students are more likely to cheat for additional payment on a performance task than students with sufficient self-control resources (Gino et al., 2011; Mead, Baumeister, Gino, Schweitzer, & Ariely, 2009).”
Short Horizons and Tempting Situations: Lack of Continuity to Our Future Selves Leads to Unethical Decision Making and Behavior (2012, background): “Indeed, recent research has shown that individuals whose self-control resources are depleted are more likely to engage in unethical behavior (Barnes et al., 2011; Gino et al., 2011; Mead et al., 2009).”