Behavior after moral standards adoption yields social and self-evaluation consequences

Evidence

After moral standards are adopted, behavior usually produces two sets of consequences: social outcomes and self-evaluative reactions. These effects may operate as complementary or opposing influences on behavior (Bandura, 1986). Under conditions of shared moral standards, self-regulation of moral conduct creates the fewest strains. This is because socially approved conduct is a source of self-satisfaction and self-pride, and socially punishable conduct is self-censured. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 108

Categorization

• DEFINE: Lays out the two-track consequence model at the core of Bandura’s moral self-regulation framework.