The Influence of Anger on Ethical Decision Making: Comparison of a Primary and Secondary Appraisal
Ethics and Behavior 21 (5):380 - 403 (2011)
| Abstract | Higher order cognitive processes, including ethical decision making (EDM), are influenced by the experiencing of discrete emotions. Recent research highlights the negative influence one such emotion, anger, has on EDM and its underlying processes. The mechanism, however, by which anger disrupts the EDM has not been investigated. The current study sought to discover whether cognitive appraisals of an emotion-evoking event are the driving mechanisms behind the influence of anger on EDM. One primary (goal obstacle) and one secondary (certainty) appraisal of anger were examined. Study results suggest that appraisals of certainty are the driving mechanism behind the negative relationship between anger and EDM. Certainty appraisals led to less application of EDM-promoting strategies and more unethical social motives. Findings further highlight the value of investigating appraisals of emotional events, given their cognitive nature, for their potential effects on cognitive operations, such as EDM. Future directions and implications are discussed | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,865 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesElisa Gambetti & Fiorella Giusberti (2008). Dispositional Anger and Risk Decision-Making. Mind and Society 8 (1):7-20.
Chase E. Thiel, Zhanna Bagdasarov, Lauren Harkrider, James F. Johnson & Michael D. Mumford (2012). Leader Ethical Decision-Making in Organizations: Strategies for Sensemaking. Journal of Business Ethics 107 (1):49-64.
Michael Potegal (2005). Characteristics of Anger: Notes for a Systems Theory of Emotion. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (2):215-216.
Daniel John Zizzo (2008). Anger and Economic Rationality. Journal of Economic Methodology 15 (2):147-167.
Alice Gaudine & Linda Thorne (2001). Emotion and Ethical Decision-Making in Organizations. Journal of Business Ethics 31 (2):175 - 187.
Jay J. Caughron, Alison L. Antes, Cheryl K. Stenmark, Chase E. Thiel, Xiaoqian Wang & Michael D. Mumford (2011). Sensemaking Strategies for Ethical Decision Making. Ethics and Behavior 21 (5):351 - 366.
Joseph G. P. Paolillo & Scott J. Vitell (2002). An Empirical Investigation of the Influence of Selected Personal, Organizational and Moral Intensity Factors on Ethical Decision Making. Journal of Business Ethics 35 (1):65 - 74.
Patricia White (2012). Making Political Anger Possible: A Task for Civic Education. Journal of Philosophy of Education 46 (1):1-13.
Michael D. Mumford, Shane Connelly, Stephen T. Murphy, Lynn D. Devenport, Alison L. Antes, Ryan P. Brown, Jason H. Hill & Ethan P. Waples (2009). Field and Experience Influences on Ethical Decision Making in the Sciences. Ethics and Behavior 19 (4):263 – 289.
Ethan P. Waples, Jason H. Hill, Alison L. Antes, Lynn D. Devenport, Stephen T. Murphy, Shane Connelly, Michael D. Mumford & Ryan P. Brown (2009). Field and Experience Influences on Ethical Decision Making in the Sciences. Ethics and Behavior 19 (4):263-289.
Ethan P. Waples, Jason H. Hill, Alison L. Antes, Lynn D. Devenport, Stephen T. Murphy, Shane Connelly, Michael D. Mumford & Ryan P. Brown (2009). Field and Experience Influences on Ethical Decision Making in the Sciences. Ethics and Behavior 19 (4):263-289.
Eva-Maria Engelen (2009). Anger, Shame and Justice: The Regulative Function of Emotions in the Ancient and Modern World. In Birgitt Röttger-Rössler & Hans Markowitsch (eds.), Emotions as Bio-cultural Processes. Springer.
James C. Wimbush (1999). The Effect of Cognitive Moral Development and Supverisory Influence on Subordinates' Ethical Behavior. Journal of Business Ethics 18 (4):383 - 395.
Rommel Salvador & Robert G. Folger (2009). Business Ethics and the Brain. Business Ethics Quarterly 19 (1):1-31.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2011-09-17Total downloads10 ( #107,683 of 556,807 )Recent downloads (6 months)2 ( #39,010 of 556,807 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
