Moral self-regulation: Licensing and compensation.

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Being “in Control” May Make You Lose Control: The Role of Self-Regulation in Unethical Leadership Behavior (2013, background): “In other words, priming morality can also reduce the display of moral behaviors (Jordan et al. 2011; Sachdeva et al. 2009; Smeesters et al. 2003; Zhong et al. 2009).”
Elevation Puts Moral Values Into Action (2012, background): “…of the findings reviewed above concerning moral licensing (Mazar & Zhong, 2010; Merritt et al., 2010; Monin & Miller, 2001; Sachdeva et al., 2009; Zhong et al., 2009), it may be that the increased prosocial behavior observed after experiencing elevation is the result of feeling a threat to one’s…”
Psychological license: When it is needed and how it functions. (2010, background): “Second, the moral credits model posits a moral self-concept that fluctuates depending on one’s history of good and bad deeds: good deeds boost the moral self-concept, whereas bad ones deflate it (Jordan et al., 2009; Nisan, 1991; Sachdeva et al., 2009; Zhong et al., 2009).”