To Snitch or Not to Snitch? Applying the Concept of Neutralization Techniques to the Enforcement of Occupational Misconduct

By Jana L. Pershing. 2003

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A fundamental attribution error? Rethinking cognitive distortions † (2006, background): “Unsurprisingly, then, a large body of criminological research has found that perpetrators invoke excuses and justifications when accounting for criminal transgressions as diverse as deer poaching (Eliason & Dodder, 1999), becoming a hit man (Levi, 1981), committing hate crimes against the Amish (Bye”
From Inaction to External Whistleblowing: The Influence of the Ethical Culture of Organizations on Employee Responses to Observed Wrongdoing (2009, unknown): “Employees who observe wrongdoing are faced with the question ‘‘Do I stand up or do I stand by?’’ (Miceli and Near, 2006), ‘‘Do I tell or do I not tell?’’ (Berry, 2004), or ‘‘Do I snitch or do I not snitch?’’ (Pershing, 2003).”
Virtue in Consumption? (2004, background): “…1966; Minor 1981; Costello 2000) and adult delinquency (e.g. Levi 1981; Eliason and Dodder 1999; Fox 1999) but also to diverse issues such as abortion (Brennan 1974), genocide and the Holocaust (Alvarez 1997), religious dissonance (Dunford and Kunz 1973) and occupational snitching (Fershing 2003).”