A survey just out states that 42% of those surveyed justify unethical behavior to get the right results. EY's 14th Global Fraud Survey 2016, "Corporate misconduct -- individual consequences ...

Most of us want to believe that we are morally upright people who act according to a strong sense of right and wrong. But when faced with temptations to derive personal benefit by violating moral ...

Our surroundings significantly influence both behavior and how we justify it. People raised in hostile environments where meanness was normalized may adopt similar patterns without questioning them.

Now, research reveals how attempting to justify the behavior of one's own group literally alters memory. In the new study, people from the United States listened to accounts of torture and war ...

Examples of Justifying their behavior: "They're passionate and intense, that's just how they are." Mistaking anger and controlling behavior or possessiveness for passionate expression can ignore ...

But Buffone said in a telephone interview Thursday that the term wasn't meant to be used as a defense in a criminal trial or to justify such behavior. "The simple term would be spoiled brat," he said.

I have already spoken to her, saying I don’t want her to feel she needs to justify everything, but several hours after speaking to her, this behavior continues. Any advice on how to correct this ...