The Social Dilemma of Bribery in Emerging Economy: A Dynamic Model of Institutional Uncertainty, Ethical Emotions, and Social Values

新兴经济下行贿行为的社会困境：一个基于制度的不确定性、伦理性情绪以及社会性价值的动态模型

 

Time：March 27th (Thursday) 10am -12noon

Location: Zhifuxuan, National School of Development, Peking U.

Speaker: Li Yan, Associate Department Head，Beijing Institute of Technology

 

 

Abstract：

Bribery dampens social justice with increased transactional cost and perceived unfairness in distributing common resources, which has been recognized as a dingy and inevitable practice in emerging economy. This study initiatively conceptualizes bribery decision from the perspective of social dilemma, acquiring valuable assets by bribery for personal good vs maintaining a fair and open mechanism for the collective common good. To better understand this social dilemma, institutional uncertainty was incorporated to contextualize the decision situation. Combined both cognitive and emotional mechanisms, the proposed model deliberates the psychological process of the social dilemma，particularly the contradiction between social value and self-interests as well as their influences on ethical emotions, such as shame and fear. A double loop model was further proposed to elucidate the societal dynamics of bribery decision, which indicates a solution to reduce the likelihood of the social dilemma by governing the social consequences of bribery, enhancing social value, decreasing the uncertainty level of institutions, and intensifying emotional inhibition, where managing the levels of institutional uncertainty center the dynamics.

 

 

简介：

李艳（PhD，香港中文大学商学院管理系，2008），博士毕业后先后在香港城市大学和香港中文大学商学院做博士后研究员。现为北京理工大学管理与经济学院组织与人力资源管理系讲师，副系主任。 她的研究集中于在风险和不确定下的决策，包括创业决策、投资决策、以及情绪在组织行为和战略决策中的机制和作用。目前主持一项国家自科基金的面上项目（71371029），曾是香港城市大学商学院科研种子基金（HK$50,000）的获得者。目前担任Asia Pacific Journal of Management的评审委员会委员（Editorial Review Board Member）。