Religious Social Identity and Whistle-Blowing

Abstract

In an experimental setting, we investigate the impact of religious social identity on whistle-blowing. We hypothesize and find that individuals are less likely to perceive others in their religious group as being behaving unethically. However, we find that once individuals perceive wrongdoing, they are incrementally more likely to whistle-blow when the perpetrator is a member of their religious group.

Citation

Ames, D., Seifert, D.L. and Rich, J. (2015), "Religious Social Identity and Whistle-Blowing", Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting (Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting, Vol. 19), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 181-207. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1574-076520150000019016