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Bounded ethicality: the perils of loss framing.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19222811     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Ethical decision making is vulnerable to the forces of automaticity. People behave differently in the face of a potential loss versus a potential gain, even when the two situations are transparently identical. Across three experiments, decision makers engaged in more unethical behavior if a decision was presented in a loss frame than if the decision was presented in a gain frame. In Experiment 1, participants in the loss-frame condition were more likely to favor gathering "insider information" than were participants in the gain-frame condition. In Experiment 2, negotiators in the loss-frame condition lied more than negotiators in the gain-frame condition. In Experiment 3, the tendency to be less ethical in the loss-frame condition occurred under time pressure and was eliminated through the removal of time pressure.
Authors:
Mary C Kern; Dolly Chugh
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-02-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psychological science     Volume:  20     ISSN:  1467-9280     ISO Abbreviation:  Psychol Sci     Publication Date:  2009 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-03-17     Completed Date:  2009-07-13     Revised Date:  2011-05-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9007542     Medline TA:  Psychol Sci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  378-84     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Management, Box B9-240, Baruch College, New York, NY 10010, USA. mary.kern@baruch.cuny.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Automatism*
Decision Making*
Ethics*
Female
Humans
Male
Social Behavior*
Time Factors

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