Shaul Shalvi
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My research focuses on (ethical) decision making in individual and interdependent settings. I'm interested in understanding the circumstances in which people feel legitimized to behave unethically and what can be done to modify such behaviors. Specifically, I'm interested how justifications for dishonest behavior may lead people to lie while still feeling honest. To address this and related questions, I use experimental games and other behavioral economic methods.
Primary Interests:
- Ethics and Morality
- Group Processes
- Interpersonal Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Organizational Behavior
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Overcoming Ethical Bullying
Journal Articles:
- De Dreu, C.K.W., Greer, L.L., Handgraaf, M.J.J., Shalvi, S. Van Kleef, G.A., Baas, M. Ten Velden, F.S., Van Dijk, E. & Feith, S.W.W. (2010). The Neuropeptide Oxytocin Regulates Parochial Altruism in Intergroup Conflict Among Humans. Science, 328, 1408-1411
- De Dreu, C.K.W., Greer, L.L., Van Kleef, G.A., Shalvi, S. & Handgraaf, M.J.J. (2011). Oxytocin promotes human ethnocentrism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 108, 1262-1266
- Halevy, R., Shalvi, S., & Verschuere, B. (2014). Being honest about dishonesty: correlating self-reports and actual lying, Human Communication Research, 40, 54-72.
- Pe'er, E., Acquisti, A., & Shalvi, S. "I cheated, but only a little" – partial confessions to unethical behavior (2014). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 202-217
- Pittarello, A., Leib, M., Gordon-Hecker, T., & Shalvi, S. (2015). Justifications shape ethical blind spots. Psychological Science, 26, 794-804
- Shalvi, S. (2012). Dishonestly increasing the likelihood of winning. Judgment and Decision Making, 7, 292-303
- Shalvi, S., Dana, J., Handgraaf, M. J. J., & De Dreu, C. K. W. (2011). Justified ethicality: Observing desired counterfactuals modifies ethical perceptions and behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 115, 181-190.
- Shalvi, S. & De Dreu, C. K. W. (2014). Oxytocin promotes group serving dishonesty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science,111, 5503-5507
- Shalvi, S., Eldar, O. & Bereby-Meyer, Y. (2012). Honesty requires time (and lack of justifications), Psychological Science, 23, 1264-1270.
- Shalvi, S., Gino, F., Barkan, R., & Ayal, S. (2015). Self-serving justifications: Doing wrong and feeling moral, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24, 125-130.
- Shalvi, S., Handgraaf, M. J. J., & De Dreu, C. K. W. (2011). Ethical maneuvering: Why people avoid both major and minor lies. British Journal of Management, 22, s16-s27.
- Shalvi, S., Handgraaf, M. J. J., & De Dreu, C. K. W. (2011). People avoid situations that enable them to deceive others. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 1096-1106.
- Shalvi, S. & Leiser, D. (2013). Moral firmness. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 93, 400-407.
- Weisel, O. & Shalvi, S. (2015). The collaborative roots of corruption. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
Courses Taught:
- Applied Social Psychology (2012-2015)
- Behavioral Ethics (current)
- Temptation and Moral Behavior (2012-2015)
Shaul Shalvi
Psychology Department, Economics Department
University of Amsterdam
Roetersstraat 11
1018WB Amsterdam
The Netherlands