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- Title
To Erect Temples to Virtue: Effects of State Mindfulness on Other-Focused Ethical Behaviors.
- Authors
Orazi, Davide C.; Chen, Jiemiao; Chan, Eugene Y.
- Abstract
While prior research suggests a link between mindfulness and ethical decision-making, most of the evidence for this link is correlational and refers to self-focused ethical behaviors. The paucity of experimental evidence, coupled with a lack of clarity on what mechanisms underlie the effect, limits our understanding of whether and how mindfulness might foster other-focused ethical behaviors. In this research, we hypothesize that state mindfulness might promote other-focused ethical behaviors by increasing resourcefulness, which we define as a perceived state of resource abundance. Across four experimental studies, we report causal evidence for the effects of state mindfulness instantiated through brief mindful meditation exercises on other-focused ethical behaviors, including choice of fair-trade products (Study 1A), charitable giving (Study 1B), and volunteering (Study 1C and Study 2). Resourcefulness mediates the effects of mindfulness on other-focused ethical behaviors (Study 2). Our work answers the call for more experimental research on mindfulness and its important implications for ethical decision-making.
- Subjects
MINDFULNESS; ETHICAL decision making; EVIDENCE; CHARITABLE giving; VOLUNTEER service
- Publication
Journal of Business Ethics, 2021, Vol 169, Issue 4, p785
- ISSN
0167-4544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10551-019-04296-4