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“The Excuses We Make”: Defining Eight Corruption Rationalization Categories

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rationalization of corruption allows individuals to detach from moral imperatives, enabling them to perceive unethical or unlawful actions as acceptable or justifiable. Closely linked to the concept of moral disengagement, rationalization involves cognitive distortions that frame inhumane or immoral behavior as neither wrong nor ...
Caio César Coelho Rodrigues
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐Legitimacy and the Moral Authority to Inspect: A Qualitative Study of Probation Inspectors in England and Wales

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how probation inspectors in England and Wales construct their self‐legitimacy; the internal belief in their moral and professional right to inspect. Drawing on qualitative interviews and Bottoms and Tankebe's dialogic model of legitimacy, it shows how inspectors justify their authority through legal mandates, professional
Jake Phillips
wiley   +1 more source

Instrumental Approach to Institutional Corruption: Explaining Performance‐Conditional Acceptance of Corruption Among Citizens in European Countries

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the mechanisms through which institutional corruption and engagement in corruption at the societal level may be normalized to the extent that citizens adopt an instrumental approach to corruption. Such an approach means that the public accepts corrupt practices and sees them as reasonable, as long as they achieve results ...
Shlomo Mizrahi, Shani Bar
wiley   +1 more source

Political Fictionality: Vladislav Surkov and the Rise of the Authorial State

The Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article introduces the concept of political fictionality as a theoretical framework for analyzing the convergence of literary authorship and political power in Russia during the Putin era, using Vladislav Surkov—a longtime presidential advisor and ideologue as well as fiction writer under the pseudonym Natan Dubovitskii—as its principal ...
Ekaterina Vassilieva
wiley   +1 more source

Consistency, not waste aversion, explains apparent sunk‐cost effects in politics

Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract Do sunk costs shape how voters judge political leaders, or do reputational signals carried by current choices dominate? Across three preregistered experiments (total N = 1462) using vignettes about a national rail project, we orthogonally manipulated sunk costs (high vs. absent), leaders' decisions (continue vs. abandon), campaign commitments (
Marco Mattei, John Michael
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Between Perceived Fairness and Resignation: Examining Machine Heuristics, Privacy Cynicism and Self-Disclosure in Generative AI

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek require users to disclose nuanced prompts that may reveal highly sensitive personal information. Existing studies on privacy risks in generative AI are fragmented and rarely grounded in established privacy theories or comparative frameworks.
Fan Liang, Christoph Lutz
openaire   +1 more source

Vicarious Trauma: The Psychological Impact on Counsellors and Psychotherapists Working With Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Vicarious trauma (VT), the psychological distress that occurs from exposure to the trauma of others, is prevalent among therapists, but has not previously been explored in those working specifically with survivors of sexual trauma. This qualitative study explores counsellors‘ and psychotherapists‘ experiences of VT when working with
Deborah Down, Alison M. Bacon
wiley   +1 more source

Flowers, Tears and Fog: How Counselling Practitioners Experience and Respond to Clients' Emotions in Therapy

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective Empathy is one of the most important components within the therapeutic relationship. Understanding how counselling practitioners experience and respond to clients' emotions holds key relevance for both practitioners and clients.
Julia Gorle, Astrid Schepman, Paul Rodway, William West, Andrew Reeves   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“It's Human Nature to Search for Some Kind of Company”: Youth, Photovoice, and the Theory of Listening Literacy

Journal of Adolescent &Adult Literacy, Volume 70, Issue 2, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article the authors introduce the concept of “listening literacy,” a merged research and instructional framework designed to address growing civic disengagement and political polarization in the United States. Drawing on Indigenous pedagogies, Deweyan democratic philosophy, critical pedagogy, and culturally sustaining practices, the ...
Kristien Zenkov, Lin Rudder
wiley   +1 more source

Mediation as Therapeutic Resolution for Conflicts about Patient Health and Care

The Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 5, Page 691-722, September 2026.
This article shows how mediation can be a form of ‘therapeutic resolution’ in adult health and care disputes. These are typically disputes that arise under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 about an adult's best interests but also include complaints about adult health and care provision.
Jaime Lindsey
wiley   +1 more source