Moral disengagement in ethical decision making: a study of antecedents and outcomes.

By James R. Detert, Linda Klebe Treviño, Vicki L. Sweitzer. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2008

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Information Systems and Management, Safety Research

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Seeing green: Mere exposure to money triggers a business decision frame and unethical outcomes (2013, background): “Given our interest in unethical outcomes and our understanding of money as a multi-faceted concept (Doyle, 1992; Lea & Webley, 2006; Maurer, 2006; Mitchell & Mickel, 1999; Tang, 1992), we assume that money may have associations beyond those already considered, and that there are other associations t”
Awe, the small self, and prosocial behavior. (2015, background): “To minimize potential demand characteristics, participants were then informed that they would complete an unrelated study of their beliefs about themselves and the world, consisting of several filler tasks, followed by our measure of ethical decision-making (Detert et al., 2008).”
The moral self: A review and integration of the literature (2015, background): “In addition, Detert et al. (2008) found that internalization indirectly and negatively influenced unethical decision making, as mediated by moral disengagement propensity.”
A social-cognitive approach to understanding gender differences in negotiator ethics: The role of moral identity (2017, background): “Given that holding a stronger moral identity prevents moral disengagement (Aquino et al., 2007; Detert et al., 2008; McFerran et al., 2010), we turned to whether women negotiator’s stronger moral identities can explain why women morally disengage less and behave less unethically than men when they n”
The role of moral identity in the aftermath of dishonesty (2013, background): “Also, behavioral consistency is predicted by manywell-established psychological theories, such as cognitive dissonance (Festinger, 1957), Heider’s balance theory (1958), and selfperception (Bem, 1972).”
Beyond Moral Reasoning: A Review of Moral Identity Research and Its Implications for Business Ethics (2008, background): “For example, Detert, Trevino, and Sweitzer (2008) found a significant negative relationship between moral identity and moral disengagement, which refers to a set of self-regulatory processes that shield the self from condemnation when a person anticipates violating moral self-standards (Bandura,…”
13 Ethical Decision Making: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going (2008, background): “Individuals are argued to differ in their tendency to cognitively reframe their actions, their role within them, or their effects on others which impacts not only moral awareness but subsequent moral judgment (Detert, Trevino, & Sweitzer, 2008 ; Moore, 2007 ).”