Power Attitudes and Stealing Behavior: Students' Senses of Social Norms and Responsibility

• Autorzy: Philipp E. Otto , Friedel Bolle
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Acts of taking money away from others and acts of reverting this behavior are investigated in an experimental survey that includes attitudinal questions concerning power and responsibility. Decisions to "steal or not" and "revert stealing or not" were made either before, or after the attitudinal questions. All possible individual combinations between stealing and reverting the stealing from others are frequently observed. Answering questions concerning power and responsibility beforehand leads to less stealing. People who believe that power is important in private relations, have a higher tendency to steal money from unknown others, and people who believe that power is important in public relations more often revert the stealing from others. Perceived powerlessness seems to increase stealing as well as reverting of others' stealing. Attitudes towards responsibility do not relate to these investigated behaviors. Individual values for social actions best describe the observed students' behavioral variation in social norm compliance. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Ethics; Decision making; Social norms; Social Responsibility

PL

Etyka; Podejmowanie decyzji; Normy społeczne; Społeczna odpowiedzialność

• Czasopismo: Economics & Sociology
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: 13
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 11--23

Twórcy

autor

Philipp E. Otto

• European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

autor

Friedel Bolle

• European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

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DOI

10.14254/2071-789X.2020/13-4/1