Offender Morality in the Aftermath of Wrongdoing

Recent calls for research have inspired a surge of theoretical and empirical work aimed at better understanding how to recover from unjust and unethical actions in organizations, with particular burgeoning interest in constructive and socially aware responses. However, the majority of this work has focused on the concerns of those who have suffered injustice/unfairness or the organizational decision makers responsible for resolving the conflict and repairing functional organizational relationships. Little work has examined the perspective of the moral agent who is actually responsible for the violation (i.e., the offender) or the implications of that offender’s motives for restorative action. This symposium brings together the latest research on offenders, their experiences in the aftermath of a wrongdoing, and their constructive motivations toward moral reform and organizational reintegration. By focusing on the underlying motivations of workplace offenders, the research presented in this symposium offer...