Term | Definition |
Moral Disengagement Locus 1 (Behavior) | Employees rely on in-group versus out-group social comparisons to measure leadership ethics |
Moral Disengagement Locus 2 (Agency) | Employees will displace responsibility for opposing leaders seen as threatening or intolerant to their in-group |
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 |
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 |