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Dishonest Deed, Clear Conscience: When Cheating Leads to Moral Disengagement and Motivated Forgetting

Shu, Lisa L., Gino, Francesca, Bazerman, Max H.·2011·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
DOI 10.1177/0146167211398138
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People routinely engage in dishonest acts without feeling guilty about their behavior. When and why does this occur? Across four studies, people justified their dishonest deeds through moral disengagement and exhibited motivated forgetting of information that might otherwise limit their dishonesty. Using hypothetical scenarios (Studies 1 and 2) and real tasks involving the opportunity to cheat (Studies 3 and 4), the authors find that one’s own dishonest behavior increased moral disengagement and motivated forgetting of moral rules. Such changes did not occur in the case of honest behavior or consideration of the dishonest behavior of others. In addition, increasing moral saliency by having participants read or sign an honor code significantly reduced unethical behavior and prevented subsequent moral disengagement. Although dishonest behavior motivated moral leniency and led to forgetting of moral rules, honest behavior motivated moral stringency and diligent recollection of moral rules.

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Authors
Shu, L. L., Gino, F., & Bazerman, M. H.
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2011-02-09
Volume
37
Issue
3
Pages
330-349
ISSN
  • 0146-1672
  • 1552-7433
DOI
10.1177/0146167211398138
Cited by
453
References
5
Language
en
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