UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., June 17 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Why do individuals and organizations sometimes rationalize decisions that conflict with their stated values?
According to Leah P. Hollis, professor of education policy studies in the Penn State College of Education, the answer may lie in "moral disengagement" - a psychological process through which people justify actions that might otherwise conflict with ethical or institutional standards.
In a recent study published in the International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, Hollis and co-author Gala Campos Oaxaca, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University - who received her doctorate in educational psychology f...