Who's with Me? False Consensus, Brokerage, and Ethical Decision Making in Organizations

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Ethically adrift: How others pull our moral compass from true North, and how we can fix it (2013, background): “Flynn and Wiltermuth (2010) recently posited two reasons why the false consensus bias will likely increase unethical behavior in organizations.”
Are liars ethical? On the tension between benevolence and honesty (2014, background): “…and care, but important work remains with respect to understanding how individuals resolve—and judge others who resolve—conflicts between other principles, such as fairness and mercy (Flynn & Wiltermuth, 2010; Kidder, 1995; Wiltermuth & Flynn, 2012), and harm vs. purity (e.g. Uhlmann & Zhu, 2013).”
Compliant Sinners, Obstinate Saints: How Power and Self-Focus Determine the Effectiveness of Social Influences in Ethical Decision Making (2013, methodology): “After completing the power manipulation and the self- focus measure, participants read an ethical dilemma adapted from Flynn and Wiltermuth (2010).”
The Dark Side of Structural Holes (2013, background): “Furthermore, Flynn and Wiltermuth (2010) posit that brokers, gaining personal power, tend to become more focused on themselves and less sensitive to others’ view, which in turn exacerbates clashes in the team and hindrance of behaviors.”