Fear of retaliation makes witnesses collectively ignore institutional wrongdoing

Evidence

The world of work presents another type of moral predicament in which associates and supervisors are witness to institutional wrongdoings. Out of fear of retaliation and being ostracized as informers or troublemakers, they collectively turn a blind eye to what is going on (Heffernan, 2011). Compliant accommodation to institutional wrongdoing is self-devaluing unless morally justified. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 483

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 483