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self-serving justifications: a standalone construct

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self-servingjustifications1 CONSTRUCTSelf-servingSHALVI · BEHAVIORAL ETHICS

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Behavioral ethics

reasons people construct before or after wrongdoing that let them profit from unethical acts while still feeling moral.

In behavioral ethics, self-serving justifications refers to reasons people construct before or after wrongdoing that let them profit from unethical acts while still feeling moral. This meaning comes from Shalvi (2015) in Current Directions in Psychological Science.[1]

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  1. Shalvi, S., Gino, F., Barkan, R., & Ayal, S. (2015). Self-Serving Justifications: Doing Wrong and Feeling Moral. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24(2), 125-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721414553264

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