How Moral Goodness Drives Unethical Behavior: Empirical Evidence for the NGO Halo Effect
Isabel de Bruin Cardoso,
Allison R. Russell,
Muel Kaptein
et al.
Abstract:With the occurrence of high-profile scandals in the nongovernmental organization (NGO) sector, scholars and practitioners alike have questioned why “good” organizations behave badly, yet little empirical research has explored this topic in depth. The present study examines the NGO halo effect, a conceptual framework that proposes three mechanisms to explain how NGO moral goodness can lead to NGO unethical behavior, that is, moral justification, moral superiority, and moral naivety. Through an analysis of 34 in… Show more
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