The psychology behind ethics & integrity

Question 1

Kohlberg’s theory of moral development

Answer 1

• pre-conventional
  -> obedience & punishment orientation
  -> instrumental purpose& exchange

-conventional
-> mutal expectations
-> social accord & system maintenance

• post-conventional
  -> social contract & ind. rights
  -> universal ethical principles

Question 2

Standford prison experiment

Answer 2

behavioral ethics
- self-serving bias
- ethical fading -> too focused on others aspects of the desicion

Question 3

Factors that influence behaviour

Answer 3

• clarity
• role-modeling
• achievability
• commitment
• transparency
• openness
• enforcement