Mindfulness in ethical decision-making : how state and trait mindfulness impact moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior
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Data de Publicação: | 2021 |
Tipo de documento: | Dissertação |
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
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Resumo: | Ethical misconduct is often overlooked – not only because of the lack of awareness of ethical issues but also because of people’s inability to free themselves from external influences and biases that lead them to conform. The variety of reasons for accepting unethical behavior warrants an approach that systematically reduces this form of disengagement. The concept of mindfulness has proven to be a powerful tool to debias individuals and help practitioners maintain consciousness of the present experience that is necessary to navigate ethical issues. This thesis aims to explore mindfulness as an instrument to curb unethical behavior throughout the ethical decision-making process, specifically on making a moral judgment and establishing intent to engage in moral behavior. In order to achieve this, I compare the effects of recent state and trait mindfulness through an experimental study. The results demonstrate a significant impact of trait mindfulness on both moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior, even when controlling for social desirability. Individuals high in trait mindfulness were more sensitive making moral judgments and less accepting of unethical behavior compared to individuals low in trait mindfulness in two out of four proposed scenarios. Recent state mindfulness was not significant in this study. Nonetheless, this dissertation’s study raises interesting questions about mindfulness interventions and contributes to the literature on the potential positive impacts of mindfulness. |
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Mindfulness in ethical decision-making : how state and trait mindfulness impact moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behaviorMindfulnessEthical decision-making processGroup pressureConformity biasMoral disengagementProcesso de tomada de decisão éticaPressão de grupoEnviesamento de conformismoDesapego moralDomínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e GestãoEthical misconduct is often overlooked – not only because of the lack of awareness of ethical issues but also because of people’s inability to free themselves from external influences and biases that lead them to conform. The variety of reasons for accepting unethical behavior warrants an approach that systematically reduces this form of disengagement. The concept of mindfulness has proven to be a powerful tool to debias individuals and help practitioners maintain consciousness of the present experience that is necessary to navigate ethical issues. This thesis aims to explore mindfulness as an instrument to curb unethical behavior throughout the ethical decision-making process, specifically on making a moral judgment and establishing intent to engage in moral behavior. In order to achieve this, I compare the effects of recent state and trait mindfulness through an experimental study. The results demonstrate a significant impact of trait mindfulness on both moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior, even when controlling for social desirability. Individuals high in trait mindfulness were more sensitive making moral judgments and less accepting of unethical behavior compared to individuals low in trait mindfulness in two out of four proposed scenarios. Recent state mindfulness was not significant in this study. Nonetheless, this dissertation’s study raises interesting questions about mindfulness interventions and contributes to the literature on the potential positive impacts of mindfulness.O comportamento imoral é frequentemente negligenciado – não apenas por causa da falta de consciência sobre questões éticas, mas também pela incapacidade das pessoas de se libertarem de influências externas e preconceitos que as levam a se conformar. As várias razões que deixam o indivíduo aceitar comportamento imoral justificam uma abordagem que reduz sistematicamente essa forma de desapego. O conceito de mindfulness provou ser uma ferramenta poderosa para desenviesar os indivíduos e ajudar os praticantes a manter a consciência da experiência presente, necessária para avaliar questões éticas. Esta tese tem como objetivo explorar mindfulness como um instrumento para coibir o comportamento imoral ao longo do processo da tomada de decisões éticas, especificamente ao fazer um julgamento moral e estabelecer a intenção de se envolver num comportamento moral. Para conseguir isso, comparei os efeitos de um estado recente de mindfulness com mindfulness enquanto traço por meio de um estudo experimental. Os resultados demonstram um impacto significativo de mindfulness enquanto traço tanto no julgamento moral quanto na aceitação do comportamento imoral, mesmo quando controlando para desejabilidade social. Indivíduos com elevado mindfulness enquanto traço foram mais sensíveis ao fazer julgamentos morais e menos tolerantes a comportamentos imorais em comparação a indivíduos com baixo nível de atributo de mindfulness em dois dos quatro cenários propostos. O estado recente de mindfulness não foi significativo neste estudo. No entanto, o estudo desta dissertação levanta questões interessantes sobre as intervenções de mindfulness e contribui para a literatura sobre os potenciais impactos positivos de mindfulness.Mendonça, Cristina Soares PachecoVeritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaMüller, Laura Kristina2021-10-21T06:56:10Z2021-06-302021-062021-06-30T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/35635TID:202751163enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:41:09Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/35635Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:28:56.383990Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Mindfulness in ethical decision-making : how state and trait mindfulness impact moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior |
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Mindfulness in ethical decision-making : how state and trait mindfulness impact moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior |
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Mindfulness in ethical decision-making : how state and trait mindfulness impact moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior Müller, Laura Kristina Mindfulness Ethical decision-making process Group pressure Conformity bias Moral disengagement Processo de tomada de decisão ética Pressão de grupo Enviesamento de conformismo Desapego moral Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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Mindfulness in ethical decision-making : how state and trait mindfulness impact moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior |
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Mindfulness in ethical decision-making : how state and trait mindfulness impact moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior |
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Mindfulness in ethical decision-making : how state and trait mindfulness impact moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior |
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Mindfulness in ethical decision-making : how state and trait mindfulness impact moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior |
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Mindfulness in ethical decision-making : how state and trait mindfulness impact moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior |
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Müller, Laura Kristina |
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Müller, Laura Kristina |
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Mendonça, Cristina Soares Pacheco Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
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Müller, Laura Kristina |
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Mindfulness Ethical decision-making process Group pressure Conformity bias Moral disengagement Processo de tomada de decisão ética Pressão de grupo Enviesamento de conformismo Desapego moral Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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Mindfulness Ethical decision-making process Group pressure Conformity bias Moral disengagement Processo de tomada de decisão ética Pressão de grupo Enviesamento de conformismo Desapego moral Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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Ethical misconduct is often overlooked – not only because of the lack of awareness of ethical issues but also because of people’s inability to free themselves from external influences and biases that lead them to conform. The variety of reasons for accepting unethical behavior warrants an approach that systematically reduces this form of disengagement. The concept of mindfulness has proven to be a powerful tool to debias individuals and help practitioners maintain consciousness of the present experience that is necessary to navigate ethical issues. This thesis aims to explore mindfulness as an instrument to curb unethical behavior throughout the ethical decision-making process, specifically on making a moral judgment and establishing intent to engage in moral behavior. In order to achieve this, I compare the effects of recent state and trait mindfulness through an experimental study. The results demonstrate a significant impact of trait mindfulness on both moral judgment and acceptance of unethical behavior, even when controlling for social desirability. Individuals high in trait mindfulness were more sensitive making moral judgments and less accepting of unethical behavior compared to individuals low in trait mindfulness in two out of four proposed scenarios. Recent state mindfulness was not significant in this study. Nonetheless, this dissertation’s study raises interesting questions about mindfulness interventions and contributes to the literature on the potential positive impacts of mindfulness. |
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