EMPLOYEES' REACTIONS TO CORPORATE SOCIAL IRRESPONSIBILITY

This research studies employees' reactions to corporate social irresponsibility (CSiR). CSiR consists in organization's activities that violate moral standards, cause harm to stakeholders other than the observing employee, and in which the organization engages voluntarily and knowingly. Relying on experimental and field studies, we provide empirical evidence that CSiR elicits other-condemning and other-suffering moral emotions among employees. In turn, moral emotions trigger punishing behaviors against the organization and compensating behaviors towards the victim. We also show that these paths are weaker when the organization usually engages in corporate social responsibility and when the employee experiences chronic gratitude towards their employer.