Study 2 tested Hypothesis 1—that the propensity to morally disengage
will have incremental validity in the prediction of unethical decision
making, after controlling for four morally relevant individual trait differences
(Machiavellianism, moral identity, and two facets of empathy)
and socially desirable response tendencies. The dependent variable was a
self-reportmeasure of several types of unethical behavior (cheating, lying,
and stealing).