No Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments

Francesca Gino, Don A. Moore, Max H. Bazerman

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed. The earliest on record is from 2023.

Outcome bias in evaluations of ethical decisions: Replication and extensions of Gino, Moore, and Bazerman (2009), Aiyer et al. (2023). Outcome recorded: mixed. As per Hypothesis 1, when attempting to replicate the effects of Study 1 in the target article, we found evidence of a similar effect of outcome bias when individuals made judgements of punishment and blame, but found no evidence in support of an effect when making judgements of unethicality. As per Hypothesis 2, we did not find evidence of judgements of unethicality mediating the relationship between outcome and both judgements of punishment and blame. Outcome read from the abstract. View paper

Gino, F., Moore, D. A., & Bazerman, M. H. (2008). No Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1099464