Psychological perspectives on ethical behavior and decision making / edited by David De Cremer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Cremer, David, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational behavior.

Psychology, Industrial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book is divided into three relatively coherent sections that focus on understanding the emergence of (un)ethical decisions and behaviors in our work and social lives by adopting a psychological framework. The first section focuses on reviewing our knowledge with respect to the specific notions of ethical behavior and corruption. These chapters aim to provide definitions, boundary conditions and suggestions for future research on these notions.The second section focuses on the intra-individual processes (affect, cognition and motivation) that determine why and how people display unethical behavior and are able to justify this kind of behavior to a certain extent. In these chapters the common theme is that given specific circumstances psychological processes are activated that bias perceptions of ethical behavior and decision making.The third section explores how organizational features frame the organizational setting and climate. These chapters focus on how employment of sanctions, procedurally fair leadership and a general code of conduct shapes perceptions of the organizational climate in ways that it becomes clear to organizational members how just, moral and retributive the organization will be in case of unethical behavior.

Contents:

Psychology and ethics : what it takes to feel ethical when being unethical / David De Cremer

On the causes and conditions of moral behavior : why is this all we know? / Scott J. Reynolds and Tara L. Ceranic

Psychological processes in organizational corruption / Celia Moore

Moral self-regulation : licensing and compensation / Chen-Bo Zhong, Katie Liljenquist, and Daylian M. Cain

Ethical standards in gain versus loss frames / Jessica S. Cameron and Dale T. Miller

Why leaders feel entitled to take more : feelings of entitlement as a moral rationalization strategy / David De Cremer, Eric van Dijk, and Chris P. Reinders Folmer

Actual and potential exclusion as determinants of individuals' unethical behavior in groups / Madan M. Pillutla and Stefan Thau

When the need to trust results in unethical behavior : the sensitivity to mean intentions (SeMI) model / Mario Gollwitzer and Tobias Rothmund

The neural basis of morality / Maarten A. S. Boksem and David De Cremer

The two-fold influence of sanctions on moral concerns / Laetitia B. Mulder

Making ethical climate a mainstream management topic : a review, critique, and prescription for the empirical research on ethical climate / David M. Mayer, Maribeth Kuenzi, and Rebecca L. Greenbaum

Ethics and rule adherence in groups / Tom Tyler and David De Cremer.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612258749

9781607522768

1607522764

9781282258747

1282258745