Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement in the Endorsement of Asylum Seeker Policies in Australia

Title
Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement in the Endorsement of Asylum Seeker Policies in Australia
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Greenhalgh, Elizabeth
Watt, Susan E
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7938-7444
Email: swatt3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:swatt3
Schutte, Nicola
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-7659
Email: nschutte@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nschutte
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1080/10508422.2014.951720
UNE publication id
une:18266
Abstract
Moral disengagement is a process whereby the self-regulatory mechanisms that would otherwise sanction unethical conduct can be selectively disabled. The present research proposed that moral disengagement might be adopted in the endorsement of asylum seeker policies in Australia, and in order to test this, developed and validated a scale in two studies. Factor analysis demonstrated that a two-factor, 16-item structure had the best fit, and the construct validity of the scale was supported. Results provide evidence for the use of moral disengagement in the context of asylum seekers as a means of rationalizing conduct that may otherwise be sanctioned.
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Citation
Ethics and Behavior, 25(6), p. 482-499
ISSN
1532-7019
1050-8422
Start page
482
End page
499

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