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Hypocrisy by association: When organizational membership increases condemnation for wrongdoing

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Effron, Daniel A., Lucas, Brian J., O’Connor, Kieran·2015·Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
DOI 10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.05.001
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  • Audiences must perceive a direct contradiction between claims and actions to recognize hypocrisy.

    “audiences must perceive a direct contradiction between claims and actions to recognize hypocrisy”

    From Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic (2018) · cites this paper as Effron, Lucas, and O'Connor, 2015

    The Theoretical and applied implications section says that explicitly endorsing or promoting a value is not necessary for someone to be condemned as a hypocrite. The General discussion likewise says a person's actions need only be inconsistent with what their organization preaches, contrary to the claim that a direct contradiction between the person's own claims and actions is required. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Perceptions of hypocrisy arise when actors make claims that their own behavior does not conform to.

    “Perceptions of hypocrisy arise when actors make claims to which their own behavior does not conform”

    From Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic (2018) · cites this paper as Effron, Lucas, and O'Connor, 2015

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Authors
Effron, D. A., Lucas, B. J., & O’Connor, K.
Affiliations
  • London Business School (GB)
  • Northwestern University (US)
Corresponding author
Effron, Daniel A.
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Venue
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-09
Volume
130
Pages
147-159
ISSN
0749-5978 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.obhdp.2015.05.001
OpenAlex
W579268766
Cited by
60
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1
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FWCI
9.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (publishedVersion)
  • London Business School Research Online (London Business School) (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • eCommons (Cornell University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
hypocrisy, organizational membership, moral condemnation, ethical violations, organizational values, moral judgment, job candidate selection, workplace ethics, moral obligation

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