Recognizing Moral Disengagement: The Role of Ingroup Moral Blindspot and Accountability

Goupal, Anna

Recognizing Moral Disengagement: The Role of Ingroup Moral Blindspot and Accountability

dc.contributor.advisor	Ellard, John
dc.contributor.author	Goupal, Anna
dc.contributor.committeemember	Bourdage, Joshua
dc.contributor.committeemember	O'Neill, Tom
dc.date	2022-02
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-21T16:35:42Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-21T16:35:42Z
dc.date.issued	2021-09
dc.description.abstract	This present study examined the extent to which unethical cultures exist due to support for moral disengagement rationalizations made by members within a group. Additionally, the potential of accountability to stakeholders to act as an intervention was explored. The study was conducted on a sample of 213 psychology students in two parts, the first focused on measuring group identification using identification with Apple and Microsoft as a proxy variable. Part 2 presented students with scenarios depicting one of four moral disengagement tactics and they were then asked to rate the ethicality of the events that transpired. The results showed a lack of significant effects for most of the proposed hypotheses, however, there was evidence that the acceptability of advantageous comparison, decreased as the participants ingroup identification increased.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Goupal, A. (2021). Recognizing moral disengagement: the role of ingroup moral blindspot and accountability (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39530
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/114315
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Arts	en_US
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.	en_US
dc.subject	Moral Disengagement	en_US
dc.subject	Accountability	en_US
dc.subject	Unethical Conduct	en_US
dc.subject	Workplace	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Psychology--Industrial	en_US
dc.title	Recognizing Moral Disengagement: The Role of Ingroup Moral Blindspot and Accountability	en_US
dc.type	master thesis	en_US
thesis.degree.discipline	Psychology	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary	en_US
thesis.degree.name	Master of Science (MSc)	en_US
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