Contributing to the literature on stigma and re-legitimation, this paper examines two ways organizations may dampen the penalties associated with admissions of misconduct. Using a matched sample of firms reporting earnings restatements (141 single restating firms and 141 multiple restating...

In this paper, we question the simplicity of the common prescription that more thinking leads to better moral choices. In three studies, we discover that the relationship between how complexly one reasons before making a decision with moral consequences is related to the outcome of that decision...