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Corporate Scandals and Spoiled Identities: How Organizations Shift Stigma to Employees

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I apply stigma-management strategies to corporate scandals and expand on past research by (a) describing a particular type of stigma management strategy that involves accepting responsibility while denying it, (b) delineating types of stigma that occur in scandals (demographic versus character), and (c) considering the moral implications of shifting stigmas that arise from scandals. By emphasizing the distinction between character and demographic stigma, I make progress in evaluating the moral implications of shifting different types of stigma.

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  • Warren, Danielle E., 2007. "Corporate Scandals and Spoiled Identities: How Organizations Shift Stigma to Employees," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(3), pages 477-496, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:17:y:2007:i:03:p:477-496_00
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    1. Lauwo, Sarah & Kyriacou, Orthodoxia & Julius Otusanya, Olatunde, 2020. "When sorry is not an option: CSR reporting and ‘face work’ in a stigmatised industry – A case study of Barrick (Acacia) gold mine in Tanzania," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
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    4. Bloxsome, Ellen & Brown, Mark & Pope, Nigel & Joseph, Christopher, 2020. "Stigma association type and sponsor corporate image: Exploring the negative off-field behaviour of sportspeople," Australasian marketing journal, Elsevier, vol. 28(4), pages 136-144.
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    9. Meghan Portfliet, 2022. "Resistance Will Be Futile? The Stigmatization (or Not) of Whistleblowers," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 175(3), pages 451-464, January.
    10. Khanna, Poonam & Khan, Sarfraz A. & Krasikova, Dina & Miller, Stewart R., 2021. "Repeated engagement in misconduct by executives involved with financial restatements," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 194-203.
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