Determinants of in-group bias: Is group affiliation mediated by guilt-aversion?

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 814-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Güth ◽  
Matteo Ploner ◽  
Tobias Regner
Keyword(s):  
Group Affiliation ◽  
Guilt Aversion

An Experimental Investigation of Self-Serving Biases in an Auditing Trust Game: The Effect of Group Affiliation

2002 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald R. King
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Social Pressure ◽  
Trust Game ◽  
Group Norms ◽  
Group Affiliation

I report the results of an experiment designed to investigate the influence of noncredible communications and group affiliation on auditors' formation of self-serving bias. I find that manager-subjects use noncredible communications to induce auditors to develop an unwarranted trust of managers (i.e., a biased judgment). However, the bias is neutralized when auditor-subjects belong to groups that create social pressure to conform to group norms. Thus, my finding calls into question the Bazerman et al. (1997) conclusion that auditors cannot conduct impartial audits due to self-serving biases resulting from repeated interactions between auditors and their clients.

scholarly journals Les vulnérables : evaluating the vulnerability criterion in Article 14 cases by the European Court of Human Rights

Legal Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
So Yeon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Reasoning ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Group Affiliation ◽  
European Court ◽  
Before And After ◽  
New Criterion

Abstract The European Court of Human Rights (the Court) has been invoking the vulnerability criterion to overcome the drawbacks of cases concerning Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the prohibition of discrimination. This new criterion, allowing the Court to favour the applicants, highlights the applicants’ group affiliation. However, whether this criterion is effective in protecting vulnerable applicants against discrimination is doubtful. To examine this, I divide the Court's approach to Article 14 before and after the application of the vulnerability criterion. I argue that vulnerability criterion was used to fix the drawbacks of Article 14, but eventually backfired. The concept of vulnerability has been ambiguous, inconsistently used by the Court, and paternalistic. I suggest the Court focus on individual autonomy rather than grouping the applicants to improve their legal reasoning of Article 14.

Does Group Affiliation Improve Firm Performance? The Case of Chinese State-Owned Firms

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1615-1632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huanjun Yu ◽  
Hans Van Ees ◽  
Robert Lensink
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Group Affiliation ◽  
Chinese State
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