CORDIS Project
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This project investigates the phenomenon of moral delegation, where individuals pass on unethical decisions to avoid blame while maintaining their moral image. It aims to uncover the psychological mechanisms behind this behavior.
Modern societies are tormented by warfare, crime, corruption, and environmental exploitation.
If many people have prosocial goals and desire to see themselves and to be seen by others as moral, how do immoral acts like these continue to happen?
Economic research suggests a critical role of delegation:
Decision-makers can delegate unethical, yet profitable decisions to delegates, which increases resource inequality, and at the same time averts punishment of delegators.
Yet, such indirect immorali…
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Germany, Bielefeld
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
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