It is not always possible for leaders, teams, and organizations to practice what they preach.
Misalignment between words and deeds can invite harsh interpersonal consequences, such …

This article represents the first attempt to examine the effects of political scandals via meta-
analysis. Seventy-eight studies, collectively including more than 54,000 participants, were …

Political scandals are highly relevant for political decision‐making and democratic
processes more generally. While most prior research employed experimental and cross …

What counts as hypocrisy? Current theorizing emphasizes that people see hypocrisy when
an individual sends them “false signals” about his or her morality (Jordan, Sommers, Bloom …

Politicians' moral behaviors affect how voters evaluate them. But existing empirical research
on the effects of politicians' violations of moral standards pays little attention to the …

Failing to practice what you preach is often condemned as hypocrisy in the West. Three
experiments and a field survey document less negative interpersonal reactions to …

Political campaigns increasingly use data to (micro) target voters with tailored messages. In
doing so, campaigns raise concerns about privacy and the quality of the public discourse …

Does electoral fraud stabilize authoritarian rule or undermine it? The answer to this question
rests in part on how voters evaluate regime candidates who engage in fraud. Using a survey …

Aggregate, survey, and experimental research into political scandal teaches us how the
public reacts to revelations of misdeeds on behalf of its elected representatives. One …

We review a program of research examining three questions. First, why is the morality of
people's behavior inconsistent across time and situations? We point to people's ability to …