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- Title
The Emotion-Evoked Collective Corruption Model: The Role of Emotion in the Spread of Corruption Within Organizations.
- Authors
Smith-Crowe, Kristin; Warren, Danielle E.
- Abstract
We draw from research on emotions and moral reasoning to develop a process model of collective corruption that centers on the role of moral emotions in the spread of corruption within organizations. Our focus on a well-intentioned and deliberative path to corruption is a departure from previous theory, which has focused on mindless and ill-intentioned paths. In our model, moral emotions play a critical role in both the initial recruitment of a target individual (the direct process), as well as the spread of corruption to a broader group of nontargeted individuals through emotional contagion (the vicarious process). For both processes we explain how self-directed moral emotions (guilt, shame, embarrassment, and pride) facilitate the spread of corruption and how other-directed moral emotions (anger and contempt) do not. We conclude by discussing the implications of our theory and directions for future research.
- Subjects
ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; CORRUPTION; MANAGEMENT; ETHICS; CORRUPT practices of executives
- Publication
Organization Science, 2014, Vol 25, Issue 4, p1154
- ISSN
1047-7039
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1287/orsc.2014.0896