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 |
| ucalgary.item.requestcopy | true | en_US |