Title

Immoral Imagination And Revenge In Organizations

Keywords

Immoral imagination; Immorality; Moral imagination; Retaliation; Revenge; Unethical behavior; Workplace deviance

Abstract

Malevolence and cruelty are commonly attributed to a failure of moral reasoning or a lack of moral imagination. We present the contrasting viewpoint - immorality as an active, creative, or resourceful act. More specifically, we develop the concept of "immoral imagination" (Jacobs, 1991) and explore how it can enter into Rest's (1986) four processes of decision making: sensitivity, judgment, intention, and implementation. The literature on revenge and workplace deviance illustrates these processes.

Publication Date

12-1-2002

Publication Title

Journal of Business Ethics

Volume

38

Issue

1-2

Number of Pages

19-31

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015764811710

Socpus ID

0141670659 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0141670659

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