Publication: The Unintended Effects of Ethical Decision Aids in Organizations
The Unintended Effects of Ethical Decision Aids in Organizations
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Baader, M., Egorov, M., Renerte, B., Tanner Calmonte, C., Wagner, A., & Witt, N. (2025). The Unintended Effects of Ethical Decision Aids in Organizations (No. 25–18; Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5136031
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Unethical behavior, deception, and fraud are major concerns in corporate governance. This paper examines the effectiveness of contemplation questions (CQs) as ethical decision aids intended to activate moral agency and prompt employees to consider their actions from various perspectives (e.g., self, peers, company). Although we find that 44% of S&P 200 and Fortune Global 200 companies use CQs, their behavioral impact is not well understood. Using two preregistered, incentivized vignette experiments, we show that the effects of CQs dep
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Baader, M., Egorov, M., Renerte, B., Tanner Calmonte, C., Wagner, A., & Witt, N. (2025). The Unintended Effects of Ethical Decision Aids in Organizations (No. 25–18; Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5136031
