Paper #1299

Título:

Rules or consequences? The role of ethical mindsets in moral dynamics

Autores:

Michael Bashshur, Gert Cornelissen, Marc Le Menestrel y Julian Rode

Fecha:

Enero 2012

Resumen:

Recent research on the dynamics of moral behavior has documented two contrasting phenomena - moral consistency and moral balancing. Moral balancing refers to the phenomenon whereby behaving (un)ethically decreases the likelihood of doing so again at a later time. Moral consistency describes the opposite pattern - engaging in (un)ethical behavior increases the likelihood of doing so later on. Three studies support the hypothesis that individuals' ethical mindset (i.e., outcome-based versus rule-based) moderates the impact of an initial (un)ethical act on the likelihood of behaving ethically in a subsequent occasion. More specifically, an outcome-based mindset facilitates moral balancing and a rule-based mindset facilitates moral consistency.

Palabras clave:

moral balancing, moral consistency, ethical mindsets, ethical behavior

Códigos JEL:

C91, D03

Área de investigación:

Dirección de Empresa y Estudios de las Organizaciones / Economía Experimental y del Comportamiento

Publicado en:

Psychological Science, Forthcoming

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