People lacking firm internal standards conform to situational pressures

Evidence

Selective association reduces personal conflict within social diversity. Behavior is especially susceptible to external influences in the absence of countervailing internal standards. People with weak commitment to personal standards tailor their behavior to fit whatever a situation seems to call for or whatever is most expedient (Snyder & Campbell, 1982). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 110

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes authoritarianism claims in vault about weak-ego personalities deferring to external authority.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 110