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The (in)elasticity of moral ignorance
Serra-Garcia, Marta; Szech, Nora - 2019
We investigate the elasticity of moral ignorance with respect to monetary incentives and social norm information. We propose that individuals suffer from higher moral costs when rejecting a certain donation, and thus pay for moral ignorance. Consistent with our model, we find significant...
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Gender differences in honesty : groups versus individuals
Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; Wallmeier, Niklas - 2014
Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to unethical behavior by individuals and by two-person groups. In contrast to individual decisions, gender matters strongly under group decisions. We find more lying in male...
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How does unethical behavior spread? : gender matters!
Böhm, Kim L.; Goerg, Sebastian J.; … - 2023
Whether trade can achieve societal change is a contested topic and difficult to investigate. This round-up aims at summarizing recent empirical research on this topic while focusing on democracy and democratization as an important part of societal change. No robust results for change arising...
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Can moral reminders curb corruption? : evidence from an online classroom experiment
Claus, Corinna; Köhler, Ekkehard A.; Krieger, Tim - 2022
Using an incentivized online classroom experiment, we assess the effectiveness of deontological vs. consequentialist moral reminders. Participants were told that they are the responsible public servant for acquiring a Covid-19 vaccine, providing them with the opportunity to generate some extra...
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Human ethics and virtues : rethinking the homo-economicus model
Dhami, Sanjit S. - 2017
outlines the evidence for a more inclusive picture of humans in which ethics and morality play a central role. It argues for …
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Organizations, diffused pivotality and immoral outcomes
Falk, Armin; Szech, Nora - 2013
This paper studies how organizational design affects moral outcomes. Subjects face the decision to either kill mice for money or to save mice. We compare a Baseline treatment where subjects are fully pivotal to a Diffused-Pivotality treatment where subjects simultaneously choose in groups of...
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Moral transgressions by groups : what drives individual voting behavior?
Feess, Eberhard; Kerzenmacher, Florian; Mühlheußer, Gerd - 2020
We conduct an experiment where subjects are matched in groups of three and vote on a moral transgression. Analyzing different voting rules, the frequency of votes for the moral transgression increases with the number of votes required for it. This effect persists when considering pivotal votes...
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Do leaders affect ethical conduct?
D'Adda, Giovanna; Darai, Donja; Weber, Roberto A. - 2014
We study whether leaders influence the unethical conduct of followers. To avoid selection issues present in natural environments, we use a laboratory experiment in which we form groups and assign leadership roles at random. We study an environment in which groups compete, with dishonest behavior...
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Animal welfare and human ethics : a personality study
Albrecht, Konstanze; Krämer, Marius-Florentin; Szech, Nora - 2017
We revisit the long-standing question whether there is a relation between animal welfare and human ethics. Therefore …
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The market for "harmful component-free" products under pressure from the NGOs
Brécard, Dorothée; Chiroleu-Assouline, Mireille - 2020
palm oil) that are harmful to the environment (such as rainforests) or replace such components with NGO …-certified sustainable components. Under which conditions does NGO pressure lead firms to eliminate basic components from their products or … product differentiation. It shows that, for an NGO that collects certification fees to accrue its budget and finance its …
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