Shifting the Blame : On Delegation and Responsibility

Bartling, Björn; Fischbacher, Urs

Shifting the Blame : On Delegation and Responsibility

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Datum

2008

Autor:innen

Bartling, Björn

Fischbacher, Urs

Open Access-Veröffentlichung

Open Access Green

Sammlungen

Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Publikationstyp

Working Paper/Technical Report

Publikationsstatus

Published

Zusammenfassung

To fully understand the motives for delegating a decision right, it is important to study responsibility attributions for outcomes of delegated decisions. We conducted an experiment in which subjects were able to delegate the choice between a fair or unfair allocation, and used a punishment option to elicit responsibility attributions. Our results show that, first, responsibility attribution can be effectively shifted and, second, this constitutes a powerful motive for the delegation of a decision right. Furthermore, we propose a formal measure of responsibility and show that this measure outperforms measures based on outcome or intention in predicting punishment behavior.

Fachgebiet (DDC)

330 Wirtschaft

Schlagwörter

delegation, decision rights, moral responsibility, blame shifting

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BARTLING, Björn, Urs FISCHBACHER, 2008. Shifting the Blame : On Delegation and Responsibility

BibTex

@techreport{Bartling2008Shift-11769,
  year={2008},
  series={Research paper series / Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut},
  title={Shifting the Blame : On Delegation and Responsibility},
  number={32},
  author={Bartling, Björn and Fischbacher, Urs}
}

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