Tag: ethics

Study suggests feelings of ethical superiority can lead to workplace ostracism, social undermining

From the Baylor University press release: Do you consider yourself more ethical than your coworker? Caution! Your feelings of ethical superiority can cause a chain reaction that is detrimental to… Read more »

Study suggests mirror neuron activity predicts people’s decision-making in moral dilemmas

From the University of California – Los Angeles press release: It is wartime. You and your fellow refugees are hiding from enemy soldiers, when a baby begins to cry. You… Read more »

Study suggests consumers wilfully “forget” when products have ethical issues

From the Ohio State University press release: Many consumers have found a way to cope with the knowledge that products they like have been made unethically: They simply forget they… Read more »

Study finds high-pressure expectations may lead to unethical behavior

From the University of Georgia press release: It can happen in the branch office or the boardroom. Volkswagen did it to pass emissions tests. Wells-Fargo did it to squeeze more… Read more »

Study suggests willingness to support corporate social responsibility initiatives contingent on perception of boss’ ethics

From the University of Vermont press release: A new study shows that people who perceive their employer as committed to environmental and community-based causes will, in turn, engage in green… Read more »

Study suggests middle managers sometimes turn to unethical behavior to face unrealistic expectations

From the Penn State press release: While unethical behavior in organizations is often portrayed as flowing down from top management, or creeping up from low-level positions, a team of researchers suggest… Read more »

Study looks at how disliked classes affect incidence of college student cheating

From the Ohio State University press release: One of the tactics that discourages student cheating may not work as well in courses that college students particularly dislike, a new study has… Read more »

Study suggests even open-label placebos work, if they are explained

From the Universität Basel press release: For some medical complaints, open-label placebos work just as well as deceptive ones. As psychologists from the University of Basel and Harvard Medical School report… Read more »

High moral reasoning associated with increased activity in the human brain’s reward system

From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release: Individuals who have a high level of moral reasoning show increased activity in the brain’s frontostriatal reward system, both during periods… Read more »

Expecting the worst: People’s perceived morality is biased towards negativity

From the University of Surrey press release: People who are believed to be immoral are unable to reverse individuals’ perception of them, potentially resulting in difficulties in the workplace and… Read more »