In the name of truth: People’s reactions to ingroup and outgroup members who self-disclose a severe error

Rullo, Marika; Monaco, Sharon; Giannini, Federico; Livi, Stefano; Presaghi, Fabio

doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2018.07.003

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“…Consistent with this idea, examining so-called moral rebels, Monin et al (2008) showed that their appreciation depends on the psychological closeness and self-relevance of the situation. Furthermore, a correlational study conducted by Rullo et al (2018) confirmed that the judgment of a social target who reveals an uncomfortable truth varies according to the self-relevance of the situation to the respondents.…”

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Heroes or traitors? Perception of whistleblowers depends on the self-relevance of the group being reported

Pacilli

Giovannelli

Spaccatini

et al. 2022

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Whistleblowing is the action by which members of an organization report misconduct that occurs within their group to other persons inside or outside the organization. In the present research, we examined perception of whistleblowers in terms of global impressions, emotions, and behavioural intentions. Study 1 reveals negative reactions to whistleblowers, while Study 2 shows positive reactions to whistleblowers. To reconcile these findings, Study 3 varies the self-relevance of the context and reveals that whistleblowers are derogated when the context is highly self-relevant (as in Study 1) and positively evaluated when it is not (as in Study 2). Across the studies, we also show that emotions and the subjective importance of loyalty and fairness influence the evaluation of whistleblowers. Our findings help unveiling the conditions in which whistleblowers are alternatively regarded as heroes or traitors, depending on the perceivers’ point of view.

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Heroes or traitors? Perception of whistleblowers depends on the self-relevance of the group being reported

Pacilli

Giovannelli

Spaccatini

et al. 2022

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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“…For this reason, people are able to behave badly but also to provide moral motivations for their actions (Ayal & Gino, 2012; Bénabou & Tirole, 2006; Mazar et al, 2008). However, in an intergroup context, people tend to act as interchangeable members of their group, and their actions are more likely driven by the social representation than by the personal self; in these situations, people are often motivated to represent their group in the best light possible and to monitor threat to the social image of their group whether it is negatively or positively represented (Ashokkumar et al, 2019; Pacilli et al, 2022; Rullo et al, 2019). Hence, social comparison might help to extend personal moral concerns to group moral concerns, motivating people to maintain a moral posture.…”

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Omertà in intragroup cheating: The role of ingroup identity in dishonesty and whistleblowing

Rullo

Presaghi

Baldner

et al. 2023

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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Why are people willing to denounce or, contrarily, to keep silent on others’ misconduct? We hypothesized that people would be more likely to cheat, and consequently less likely to blow the whistle, when among an ingroup (vs. outgroup). In two experiments, participants witnessed a same nationality or a different nationality group member cheating during a group task. Participants either had the opportunity to cheat themselves before witnessing this cheating act (Experiments 1 and 2) or did not have this opportunity (Experiment 2). In the ingroup condition, participants cheated more and denounced others’ cheating less than in the outgroup condition (Experiments 1 and 2). However, when participants were not allowed to cheat themselves, they equally denounced ingroup and outgroup cheaters (Experiment 2). This provides evidence that cheating mediates the group effect on whistleblowing and is reminiscent of omertà, that is, the code of silence among criminals. We provide suggestions for future research.

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In the name of truth: People’s reactions to ingroup and outgroup members who self-disclose a severe error

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Heroes or traitors? Perception of whistleblowers depends on the self-relevance of the group being reported

Heroes or traitors? Perception of whistleblowers depends on the self-relevance of the group being reported

Omertà in intragroup cheating: The role of ingroup identity in dishonesty and whistleblowing

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