Living with Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe: Social Identity and the Role of Moral Disengagement

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Author(s)Takacs Haynes, Katalin
Author(s)Rašković, Matevž (Matt)
Date Accessioned2022-07-01T14:52:12Z
Date Available2022-07-01T14:52:12Z
Publication Date2021-09-04
DescriptionThis article was originally published in Journal of Business Ethics. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04927-9. This article will be embargoed until 09/04/2022.en_US
AbstractWe examine corruption across three Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries (Hungary, North Macedonia and Slovenia) through a social psychology framework which integrates social identity theory, social cognitive theory and moral disengagement mechanisms. We illustrate how various social identities influence individual and collective action in terms of ethical behavior and corruption, thereby creating, maintaining and perpetuating petty, grand and systemic public/private corruption through triadic co-determination via cognition, behavior and the environment. Despite growing research on corruption normalization, less is known about the cognitive and behavioral mechanisms in ethical decision making, the cognitive workings of how individuals reconcile unethical behavior and the social psychological processes behind corruption in society and organizations. Expert interviews reveal internally conflicted multi-layered social identities perpetuating corruption, some embedded in nationalistic history and others tied to the European Union, which supports the divergent paths of CEE countries since the fall of communism. Some moral disengagement mechanisms are common across all three countries, while others are linked to specific circumstances. Social identity mechanisms feed into moral disengagement, which individuals draw upon to reconcile the conflict between unethical behavior and moral codes. Patterns of moral disengagement aggregate to the country level and explain normalization of corruption in CEE society and organizations.en_US
CitationTakacs Haynes, K., Rašković, M. Living with Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe: Social Identity and the Role of Moral Disengagement. J Bus Ethics 174, 825–845 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04927-9en_US
ISSN1573-0697
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/31049
Languageen_USen_US
PublisherJournal of Business Ethicsen_US
Keywordscorruptionen_US
KeywordsCentral and Eastern Europeen_US
Keywordssocial psychology frameworken_US
Keywordssocial identity theoryen_US
Keywordsmoral disengagementen_US
Keywordsexpert interviewsen_US
TitleLiving with Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe: Social Identity and the Role of Moral Disengagementen_US
TypeArticleen_US
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