See no evil
Subtitle: when we overlook other people's unethical behavior
By: Francesca Gino, Don A. Moore, Max H. Bazerman
Contributors: Moore, Don A.; Bazerman, Max H.; Harvard Business School
Series: Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 08-045; Working paper (Harvard Business School) -- 08-045
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Description: It is common for people to be more critical of others' ethical choices than of their own. This chapter explores those remarkable circumstances in which people see no evil in others' unethical behavior. Specifically, we explore 1) the motivated tendency to overlook the unethical behavior of others when we recognize the unethical behavior would harm us, 2) the tendency to ignore unethical behavior unless it is clear, immediate, and direct, 3) the tendency to ignore unethical behavior when ethicality erodes slowly over time, and 4) the tendency to assess unethical behaviors only after the unethical behavior has resulted in a bad outcome, but not during the decision process.
Notes: "January 2008"--Publisher's web site.

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