caa a22 4500 605485615 CHVBK 20210128100441.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2050-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2050-x Does Honesty Result from Moral Will or Moral Grace? Why Moral Identity Matters [Elektronische Daten] [Zhi Xu, Hing Ma] Does honesty result from the absence of temptation or the active resistance of temptation? The "will'' hypothesis suggests that honesty results from the active resistance of temptation, while the ”grace” hypothesis argues that honesty results from the absence of temptation. We examined reaction time and measured the cheating behavior of individuals who had a chance to lie for money. In study 1, we tested the "grace” hypothesis that honesty results from the absence of temptation and found a priming effect of moral constructs on increasing honest behavior. In study 2, we investigated the individual's moral identity in the same context, articulating different mechanisms that lead people to behave ethically. The result confirms that the "grace” hypothesis was valid for people who had a high moral identity, while the "will” hypothesis was accurate for individuals who had a low moral identity. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Cheating behavior nationallicence Moral identity nationallicence Moral grace nationallicence Moral will nationallicence Neural activity nationallicence Reaction time nationallicence Xu Zhi Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China aut Ma Hing Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China aut Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 127/2(2015-03-01), 371-384 0167-4544 127:2<371 2015 127 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2050-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2050-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Xu Zhi Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ma Hing Department of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 127/2(2015-03-01), 371-384 0167-4544 127:2<371 2015 127 10551