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Unethical behavior (UPB) triggers diverse employee actions via emotions. Positive emotions can license or promote ethical conduct, while negative emotions may cleanse or corrupt behavior, with moral disengagement as a key factor.

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  • Unethical behavior (UPB) elicits varied employee responses, necessitating a meta-analytic review.
  • Understanding the emotional drivers of subsequent behaviors is crucial for organizational ethics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively meta-analyze the emotional influences on behaviors following UPB.
  • To explore the dual nature of UPB through positive and negative emotional pathways.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesized 34 studies from English and Chinese databases (2016-2024).
  • Included 49 independent samples with a total of 83,810 participants.
  • Analyzed emotional effects on moral licensing, conscientiousness, moral cleansing, and the slippery slope.

Main Results:

  • Positive emotions (pride, entitlement) can rationalize unethical conduct (moral licensing) or enhance ethical behavior and organizational identification.
  • Negative emotions (guilt, shame) can motivate reparative actions (moral cleansing) or lead to unethical conduct (moral slippery slope).
  • Moral disengagement acts as a central self-regulatory mechanism influencing these emotional pathways.

Conclusions:

  • UPB has a dual emotional impact, leading to both positive and negative behavioral outcomes.
  • Emotional states significantly mediate the relationship between UPB and subsequent employee conduct.
  • Moral disengagement is a critical factor in navigating the ethical complexities arising from UPB.