好公司为什么也做坏事?

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AMJ: WHY “GOOD” FIRMS DO BAD THINGS: THE EFFECTS OF HIGH ASPIRATIONS, HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND PROMINENCE ON THE INCIDENCE OF CORPORATE ILLEGALITY
Researchers have long argued that the potential costs of getting caught breaking the law decrease a high-performing firm's need and desire to engage in illegal activities. However, the recent history of high-profile corporate scandals involving prominent and high-performing firms casts some doubt on these assertions. In this study, we explain this paradoxical organizational phenomenon by using theories of loss aversion and hubris to examine the propensity of a sample of S&P 500 manufacturing firms to engage in illegal behavior. Our results demonstrate that both performance above internal performance aspirations and performance above external expectations increase the likelihood a firm will engage in illegal activities, and that the prominence of these firms further enhances the effects of performance above expectations on the likelihood they engage in illegal actions. We also find that prominent and less prominent firms display different patterns of behavior when their performance fails to meet aspirations.