Exhibit 1169 ยท Journal article
Ethical Spillovers in Firms: Evidence from Vehicle Emissions Testing
When inspectors work across different organizations, they adjust the rate at which they pass vehicles to the norms of those with whom they work.
Over three million emissions tests: inspectors who work at more than one facility shift their pass rates toward the norm of the facility they are at, most at large facilities and chains, least for high-volume inspectors. The authors also conclude that employees have persistent ethics that limit the firm's influence. A person-moves-between-organizations test of operator versus barrel. Full paper read (author-hosted PDF).
- Source
- Pierce and Snyder, Management Science 54(11):1891-1903
- Date
- November 2008
- Quoted from
- Abstract, p. 1891
- Grade
- Peer-reviewed
- Document
- https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1080.0927
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Standing note: strong design (within-inspector variation). Scope is one inspection market. Result is both-and: organization shifts behavior and personal ethics persist. Use for "replace the person and the facility norm still moves the pass rate", not for "people do not matter".