Drawing upon theory on social judgments and impression formation from social psychology, this paper explores the socio-cognitive processes that shape the formation of favorable and unfavorable organizational reputations. Specifically, we suggest that stakeholders make distinctions between an...

Since the turn of the millennium, research on ethical judgment has taken a new turn. The traditional perspective on such judgments, best captured by Rest, held that they resulted from a process of rational deliberation. Starting with work begun by Haidt, we now see that most ethical judgment...