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Q&A: Do high-pressure environments encourage moral disengagement?
- June 18, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Why do individuals and organizations sometimes rationalize decisions that conflict with their stated values? According to Leah P. Hollis, professor of education policy studies in the Penn State College of Education, the answer may lie in "moral disengagement"—a psychological process through which people justify actions that might otherwise conflict with ethical or institutional standards.
Originally published at Phys.org