Moral disengagement is a method that enables people to participate in negative behaviours, from little misdeeds to great atrocities, without considering that they are causing damage or doing wrong. When Conrad Black, the fallen Canadian mogul convicted of multiple counts of fraud and obstruction of justice, asserts that he "would never dream of committing a crime in a thousand years," moral disengagement is what allows him to make that claim and believe it.
This note provides an overview of the eight mechanics of moral disengagement described by Albert Bandura, and provides examples of how they operate in our day-to-day lives.
PUBLICATION DATE: October 20, 2011 PRODUCT #: 612043-HCB-ENG
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