Religious Social Identity and Whistle-Blowing
Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting
ISBN: 978-1-78441-666-9, eISBN: 978-1-78441-665-2
Publication date: 16 October 2015
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.
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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
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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