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In All Likelihood, Participants in Milgram's Obedience Experiments (Conducted in the 1960s

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In all likelihood, participants in Milgram's obedience experiments (conducted in the 1960s and 1970s) were willing to administer increasingly severe shocks to a confederate learner because they were concerned that the experimenter would be disappointed or perhaps even angry with them. Such concerns reflect the power of __________ to induce obedience to authority.


Definitions:

Bounded Ethicality

The concept that cognitive biases and organizational contexts limit individuals’ ability to make ethically ideal decisions.

Ethical Blind Spots

The tendency to overlook or underestimate the ethical dimensions of one’s actions or decisions, often due to cognitive biases.

Ethical

Pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; adhering to accepted standards of conduct.

Managers

Individuals in an organization responsible for directing and overseeing the work of a group of people towards the achievement of goals and objectives.

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