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Papers

(The median citation count of Ethics & Behavior is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Beliefs in conspiracy theories, intolerance of uncertainty, and moral disengagement during the coronavirus crisis	51
Why do students cheat? Perceptions, evaluations, and motivations	36
Managerial ethical leadership, ethical climate and employee ethical behavior: does moral attentiveness matter?	31
The Effects of Peer Influence, Honor Codes, and Personality Traits on Cheating Behavior in a University Setting	26
Ethical behavior in leadership: a bibliometric review of the last three decades	18
The importance and efficacy of controlling for social desirability response bias	18
The ethics of self-tracking. A comprehensive review of the literature	16
Evolution of research on honesty and dishonesty in academic work: a bibliometric analysis of two decades	16
Cultural and psychological variables predicting academic dishonesty: a cross-sectional study in nine countries	15
Ethical perspectives in sharing digital data for public health surveillance before and shortly after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic	15
Moral decline in the workplace: unethical pro-organizational behavior, psychological entitlement, and leader gratitude expression	14
How does moral identity promote employee voice behavior? The roles of work engagement and leader secure-base support	12
From moral distress to burnout through work-family conflict: the protective role of resilience and positive refocusing	12
How does ethical leadership enhance employee creativity during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China?	11
Ethical decision-making models: a taxonomy of models and review of issues	10
The danger of “fake news”: how using social media for information dissemination can inhibit the ethical decision making process	9
Ageism and employee silence: the serial mediating roles of work alienation and organizational commitment	9
Role of moral judgment in peers’ vicarious learning from employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior	8
Measuring students’ attitudes toward plagiarism	7
Youth materialism and consumer ethics: do Gen Z adolescents’ self-concepts (power and self-esteem) vary across cultures (China vs. France)?	7
Exploring the association between character strengths and moral functioning	7
Clarifying the mediating effect of ethical climate on the relationship between ethical leadership and workplace bullying	6
No more than discomfort: the trauma film paradigm meets definitions of minimal-risk research	6
Hear no evil? investigating relationships between mindfulness and moral disengagement at work	6
The role of ethical trustworthiness in shaping trust and affective commitment in schools	6

Patients’ experiences of malpractice in psychotherapy and psychological treatments: a qualitative study of filed complaints in Swedish healthcare	6
An examination of online cheating among business students through the lens of the Dark Triad and Fraud Diamond	6
Ethical Considerations for Telepsychotherapy and the Management of High-Risk Patients During Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): Challenges and Practice Considerations	6
Exploring the relationship between purpose and moral psychological indicators	6
The role of sensory processing sensitivity and analytic mind-set in ethical decision-making	5
From plagiarism to scientific paper mills: a profile of retracted articles within the SciELO Brazil collection	5
Psychological wellness and self-care: an ethical and professional imperative	5
Academic dishonesty among Greek University students from different disciplines: a latent profile analysis of cheating perceptions and academic self-handicapping	4
A phenomenological analysis of teachers’ perceptions of ethical factors affecting the teacher–student relationships	4
Exploring missing links between ethical leadership and multidimensional work behavior: the mediating role of multidimensional psychological ownership	4
Accentuating dark triad behavior through low organizational commitment: a study on peer reporting	4
Graduate student perceptions of preparedness for responsible conduct of research: a mixed methods study	4
Privileged professionalisms: Using co-cultural communication to strengthen inclusivity in professionalism education and community formation	4
How does creativity influence dishonest behavior? An empirical study of Chinese students	4
Ethics in integrated health care: social workers’ perspective	4
Ethical Considerations for Psychologists Addressing Racial Trauma Experienced by Black Americans	4
Utilitarian choices in COVID-19 dilemmas depend on whether or not a foreign language is used and type of dilemma	4
Examining the influence of Islamic work ethics, organizational politics, and supervisor-initiated workplace incivility on employee deviant behaviors	4
Do CE mandates impact the number of CE providers and licensing board complaints? A longitudinal look	4
Moral reasoning development: norms for Defining Issue Test-2 (DIT2)	3
Multilevel dynamics of moral identity conflict: professional and personal values in ethically-charged situations	3
Chinese attitudes to plagiarism: a genre analysis of editorial statements on plagiarism cases (1950s-1960s)	3
Monkey see, monkey do, monkey tell? Exploring the relationship between counterproductive work behavior engagement and the likelihood of reporting others	3
See something, say something? exploring the gap between real and imagined moral courage	3
Looking around and looking ahead: forecasting and moral intensity in ethical decision-making	3
Nature and causes of questionable research practice and research misconduct from a philosophy of science perspective	3
Clinical adolescent decision-making: parental perspectives on confidentiality and consent in Belgium and The Netherlands	3
Does childhood maltreatment make us more morally disengaged? The indirect effect of expressive suppression	3
When will an unethical follower receive poor performance ratings? It depends on the leader’s moral characteristics	3
Navigating the multidimensionality of social media presence: ethical considerations and recommendations for psychologists	3
Subjective norms and social media: predicting ethical perception and consumer intentions during a secondary crisis	3
Sexting and mandatory reporting: ethical issues in youth psychotherapy	3
Ethical work environment and career decisions: Is this relationship moderated by a position of power?	3
Longitudinal investigation of moral disengagement among undergraduate engineering students: findings from a mixed-methods study	3
The choice of deontological, virtue ethical, and consequentialist moral reasoning strategies by pre- and in-service police officers in the U.K.: an empirical study	3
The notion of moral competence in the scientific literature: a critical review of a thin concept	3
Ethical leadership influences proactive and unethical behavior: the perspective of person-environment fit	3
Differentiating between gift giving and bribing in China: a guanxi perspective	2
Ageism and moral distress in nurses caring for older patients	2
Organizational identification and unethical pro-organizational behavior: a culture-moderated meta-analysis	2
Ethical codes in the Arab region: comparisons and differences	2
Moral disengagement and academic engagement: the moderating roles of educational anti-mattering and psychological distress	2
Competence-based assessment and training for ethical situations in practice: a pilot study	2
“Under the sword of Damocles”: psychologists relate their experience of a professional misconduct complaint	2
Ethical decision-making: a culture influenced virtue specific model for multinational corporations	2
Unethical pro-organizational behavior and task performance: a moderated mediation model of depression and self-reflection	2
Ethical dilemmas in psychotherapy with older adults: A grounded theory analysis	2
Listen, explain, involve, and evaluate: why respecting autonomy benefits suicidal patients	2
Graduate recruitment offers: ethical and professional considerations for engineering graduate students and faculty members	2
Knowledge about and attitudes toward medical informed consent: a Lebanese population survey	2

Beyond the bump: ethical and legal considerations for psychologists providing services to pregnant individuals who use substances	2
Psychology, ethics, and research ethics boards	2
Freedom of thought at the ethical frontier of law & science	2
Adolescent sexting: ethical and legal implications for psychologists	2
Is a mindful worker more attentive? the role of moral self-efficacy and moral disengagement	2
Keep talking, I need to check my phone! Online vigilance and phubbing: the role of loneliness and moral disengagement	2
Sharing for relief: associations of trauma-focused interviews and well-being among war-affected displaced populations in the Middle East	2
Learners’ self-assessment as a measure to evaluate the effectiveness of research ethics and integrity training: can we rely on self-reports?	1
Uncovering prospective teachers’ sense of moral agency within a multi-layered framework: an integrative grounded theory approach	1
Informed consent, multiple relationships, and confidentiality: a comparison across four countries	1
Nocebo effects on informed consent within medical and psychological settings: A scoping review	1
Moral recognition for workplace offenses underlies the punitive responses of managers: A functional theoretical approach to morality and punishment	1
Decent care and decent employment: family caregivers, migrant care workers and moral dilemmas	1
Conflicts surrounding individual and collective aspects of ethics in health emergencies	1
Ethical aspects of psychological work in Ukraine: past, present, and future	1
Why do we need to employ exemplars in moral education? Insights from recent advances in research on artificial intelligence	1
An exploratory analysis of generational differences in the World Values Surveys and their application to business leaders	1
Perceptions of ethical misconduct scale development	1
Sheltering in chaos: parents’ experiences when facing moral challenges in childhood cancer care	1
Aligning values with standards: a comparison of professional values in Continuing Education standards	1
Moral thinking and communication competencies of college students and graduates in Taiwan, the UK, and the US: a mixed-methods study	1
Does perceived parental emotional warmth contribute to adults’ higher compassion? The mediating role of moral identity	1
Grey zones and good practice: A European survey of academic integrity among undergraduate students	1
The participant’s voice: crowdsourced and undergraduate participants’ views toward ethics consent guidelines	1
Morality of vaccination: the influence of moral conviction on vaccination decisions	1
“Research exceptionalism” in the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of scientific retractions in Scopus	1
Older people are perceived as more moral than younger people: data from seven culturally diverse countries	1
Moral stress and coping: relationship with long-term positive reactions and PTSD indication in military personnel	1
Unethical behavior at work: the effects of ethical culture and implicit and explicit moral identity	1
The effect of leader unethical pro-organizational behaviour on subordinate silence: the mediating role of moral ownership	1
Practice of common ethical standards in the field of counseling and psychotherapy in mainland China	1
Bibliometric review and mapping analysis of publication ethics research	1
Mischievous responders: data quality lessons learned in mental health research	1
Ethics of humanitarian action: on aid-recipients’ vulnerability and humanitarian agencies’ distinct obligation	1
I’m doing the right thing! Technological intimate partner violence and social media use: the moderating role of moral absolutism and the mediating role of jealousy	1
The role of rationales for and criticisms of ethical decisions in the development of meta-moral cognitive skills	1
Shifting foci of ethical concerns: a new generation enters the corporate world	1