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›› 2010, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (04): 671-678.

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Concept, Measurement and Related Variables of Moral Disengagement

YANG Ji-Ping; WANG Xing-Chao; GAO Ling   

  1. College of Educational Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • Received:2009-09-12 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2010-04-15 Published:2010-04-15
  • Contact: YANG Ji-Ping

Abstract: Moral disengagement is an individual predisposition to evoke cognitions that allow individuals to restructure their actions toappear less harmful, minimize their role in the outcomes of their actions, or attenuate the distress that they cause to others. The concept and measurement were introduced by exploring the past research. Moreover, a great deal of empirical work of antecedents and consequences of moral disengagement had been systematically reviewed. Among all, this paper also proposed the outline of the further research, such as developing more scientific measuring tools for moral disengagement, antecedents, longitudinal research, and intervention research.

Key words: moral disengagement, unethical behavior, aggressive behavior, organizational corruption