Morality in Groups: On the Social‐Regulatory Functions of Right and Wrong

Ellemers, Naomi; Bos, Kees van den

doi:10.1111/spc3.12001

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“…The present studies addressed the role of morality, competence, and sociability as bases for identification with one’s own nation. Findings supported that morality is crucial for ingroup identification (Ellemers & van den Bos, ), even when the ingroup is judged as low in morality, as long as members do not engage in social comparison. However, contextual constraints, such as the salience of social comparison and the type of comparison outgroup, might lead individuals to shift to different dimensions as a bases for identification.…”

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Can We Identify with a Nation Low in Morality? The Heavy Weight of (Im)Morality in International Comparison

Moscatelli

Menegatti

Albarello

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Political Psychology

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Research has shown that the perceived morality of the ingroup is a primary source of group pride and ingroup identification. The present research examined whether this is true even when a group has a poor reputation for morality in terms of dishonesty and corruption, such as in the case of Italians. To address this issue, two studies analyzed the role of the three fundamental dimensions of social judgment—morality, competence, and sociability—in predicting Italians’ identification with their nation when the salience of social comparison and the status of the comparison outgroup were varied. Findings showed that perceived morality predicted ingroup identification when participants did not engage in social comparison. Under salient social comparison, individuals based group identification on other dimensions: Perceived sociability was the main predictor of identification when respondents compared with a higher status outgroup (Germans; Study 1; N = 109), whereas perceived competence was the main predictor of identification when participants compared with a lower status outgroup (Romanians; Study 2; N = 121). Overall, findings showed compensation processes in social identification: When social comparison is salient, members of a low morality group base identification on the dimension which allows positive differentiation from the outgroup.

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Can We Identify with a Nation Low in Morality? The Heavy Weight of (Im)Morality in International Comparison

Moscatelli

Menegatti

Albarello

et al. 2018

Political Psychology

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“…Over time, through ASA processes, group members are brought together who have similar levels of moral identity. That is, individuals are attracted to and remain in groups with similar baseline levels of moral identity (Ellemers and van den Bos 2012;Schneider 1987). Via ASA, group members that are dissimilar on levels of moral identity should also leave the group over time.…”

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The Joint Effects of Justice Climate, Group Moral Identity, and Corporate Social Responsibility on the Prosocial and Deviant Behaviors of Groups

Thornton

Rupp

2015

J Bus Ethics

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Pulling from theories of social exchange, deonance, and fairness heuristics, this study focuses on the relationship between overall justice climate and both the prosocial and deviant behaviors of groups. Specifically, it considers two contextual boundary conditions on this effect-corporate social responsibility (CSR) and group moral identity. Results from a laboratory experiment are presented, which show a significant effect for overall justice climate and a two-way interaction between overall justice climate and CSR on group-level prosocial and deviant behaviors, and a marginally significant interaction of group moral identity with overall justice climate on group deviance. The implications of contextual influences on workplace ethics and justice are discussed.

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“…Morals, values, and ideological principles — all of which reflect abstract, high‐level information about what is generally good or bad — could provide another. In fact, these two types of information may be more tightly entwined than they seem at first: Morals, ideologies; they values tend to be consensually shared within longstanding relationships and social groups; they could thereby provide another way to tune to general social influences (Conover & Feldman, ; Hofstede, ; Janoff‐Bulman & Carnes, ; see Ellemers & van den Bos, ; Jost et al, , for reviews). Our theoretical framework therefore suggests that evaluations should more strongly reflect these general and socially shared guides when people need to act on objects or events that are relatively distant (versus close).…”

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Evaluations in Their Social Context: Distance Regulates Consistency and Context Dependence

Ledgerwood

2014

Social & Personality Psych

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When and why do people's likes and dislikes flexibly tune to the current context, and when do they remain consistent? Ideas about flexibility and consistency have permeated the attitude literature throughout its history. Building on the notion that both flexibility and consistency in evaluative responding can be highly functional as well as highly social, this paper considers the role of distance in guiding people's evaluations to incorporate specific and individualized information that helps immerse them in their current social environment, versus broad and general information that helps them reach beyond their current context and relate to things outside of it. Next, the paper reviews research supporting this perspective, focusing on its implications for understanding how people's evaluations help them tune into different aspects of their social environment -those that tend to be specific to a particular context, and those that tend to be consistently encountered across contexts. The described studies suggest that distance regulates susceptibility to specific and general social influences, as well as the extent to which people's evaluations reflect broad and socially shared morals, values, and ideological principles.We often think of our attitudes as enduring and consistent aspects of ourselves -whether those attitudes include a deep and abiding love of chocolate, a moral conviction about a social policy, or heartfelt agreement with a political group's positions. Yet considerable research suggests that our evaluations can also shift quite fluidly in response to the immediate situation (e.g.

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Morality in Groups: On the Social‐Regulatory Functions of Right and Wrong

Cited by 128 publications

References 55 publications

Can We Identify with a Nation Low in Morality? The Heavy Weight of (Im)Morality in International Comparison

Can We Identify with a Nation Low in Morality? The Heavy Weight of (Im)Morality in International Comparison

The Joint Effects of Justice Climate, Group Moral Identity, and Corporate Social Responsibility on the Prosocial and Deviant Behaviors of Groups

Evaluations in Their Social Context: Distance Regulates Consistency and Context Dependence

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