Wk 3 Team – Analysis of Wrongdoing [due Mon]
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In this assignment, you apply and integrate the concepts of attribution, attitude, behavior, and cognitive dissonance.
Identify a situation in which an individual was persuaded into a decision to engage in behavior that violated social values, beliefs, attitudes, ethics, and/or morals, such as misrepresenting a product, underreporting income on taxes, falsifying services on a billing document, taking supplies from work, or engaging in vandalism.
Write a 700-word paper in which you analyze your identified situation. Address the following items:
Analyze the situation from the perspective of the individual’s social, cultural, and spiritual influences and his or her ethics. Refrain from inserting your own judgments and opinions.
Discuss how attribution theory can be applied to the situation.
Describe the reciprocal relationship between behavior and attitudes.
Explain how the individual could have used cognitive dissonance theory to rationalize his or her behavior.
Cite at least 3 references.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
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Write a 700-word paper in which you assess the situation that you have identified. Take care of the following issues:
Analyze the scenario from the standpoint of the individual’s social, cultural, and spiritual influences, as well as his or her own ethical principles and standards. Do not interject your personal judgments and ideas into the discussion.
Discuss how the principle of attribution can be applied to the current scenario.
Give an example of the reciprocal relationship that exists between behaviour and attitudes.
Discuss the possibility that the individual might have utilised cognitive dissonance theory to rationalise his or her actions.
Submit your assignment.
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