Term

Definition

Moral Disengagement

Locus 1 (Behavior)

Employees rely on in-group versus out-group social comparisons to measure leadership ethics (Bandura, 1999) .

Moral Disengagement

Locus 2 (Agency)

Employees will displace responsibility for opposing leaders seen as threatening or intolerant to their in-group (Bandura, 1999) .

Moral Disengagement

Locus 3 (Outcome)

Employees use this locus to disregard or distort the consequences of ignoring leadership ethics that promote unfair advantages for an out-group (Bandura, 1999) .

Moral Disengagement

Locus 4

The fourth locus encompasses dehumanization and designation of blame. This final mechanism refers to how a person will seek to blame others, usually the victim, to exonerate themselves from responsibility (Bandura, 1999) .