StatusDifferentiationandtheProteanSelfASocial：地位的分化和千变万化的自我社会.pdfVIP

Journal of Business Ethics (2011) 98:407–424 Springer 2010 DOI 10.1007/s10551-010-0556-4 Status Differentiation and the Protean Self: Bella L. Galperin A Social-Cognitive Model of Unethical Rebecca J. Bennett Behavior in Organizations Karl Aquino ABSTRACT. Based on social-cognitive theory, this payouts by 90% to executives of Wall Street banks article proposes a model that seeks to explain why high who obtained billions of dollars during the bailout status organizational members engage in unethical (Steiner, 2009). The news lately is replete with other behavior. We argue that status differentiation in organi- examples of high level executives of nearly bankrupt zations creates social isolation which initiates activation of companies cutting jobs, pay, or pensions for rank high status group identity and a deactivation of moral and file employees with one hand, while accepting identity. We further argue that high status group identity bonuses and fantastic perquisites for themselves with results in insensitivity to the needs of out-group members which, in turn, results in lessened motivation to self- the other. For example, less than a week after the regulate ethical decision making. As a result of this American International Group Inc. accepted a $85 identity activation, we demonstrate how high status billion loa