Going down the slippery slope of legitimacy lies in early‑stage ventures: the role of moral disengagement

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dc.contributor.authorTheoharakis, Vasilis
dc.contributor.authorVoliotis, Seraphim
dc.contributor.authorPollack, Jeffrey M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-22T16:01:45Z
dc.date.available2020-04-22T16:01:45Z
dc.date.freetoread2020-04-22
dc.date.issued2020-04-20
dc.description.abstractIt would seem, on the surface, logical that entrepreneurs would treat stakeholders with honesty and respect. However, this is not always the case—at times, entrepreneurs lie to stakeholders in order to take a step closer to achieving legitimacy. It is these legitimacy lies that are the focus of the current work. Overall, while we know that legitimacy lies are told, we know very little about the psychological processes at work that may make it more likely for someone to tell a legitimacy lie. Thus, we theorize about the pressure to pursue legitimacy, the situational and individual factors that affect this pursuit, as well as how this context can lead to moral disengagement and the telling of legitimacy lies. Our theorizing advances the existing literature and provides a dynamic framework by which future research can delve more deeply into the nuanced context that breeds the escalation of legitimacy lies.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationTheoharakis V, Voliotis S, Pollack JM. (2021) Going down the slippery slope of legitimacy lies in early‑stage ventures: the role of moral disengagement. Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 172, Issue 4, September 2021, pp. 673–690en_UK
dc.identifier.cris26772592
dc.identifier.issn0167-4544
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04508-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15406
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectNew venturesen_UK
dc.subjectUnethical decision-makingen_UK
dc.subjectLegitimacy liesen_UK
dc.subjectMoral disengagementen_UK
dc.titleGoing down the slippery slope of legitimacy lies in early‑stage ventures: the role of moral disengagementen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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