Cases Unwrapped

Abramoff’s version of moral equilibrium, which describes our tendency to keep a running scoreboard in our heads that compares our self-image as ethical people to our actual behavior. With Robert Prentice. This video is accompanied by teaching notes to help aid classroom discussion and can be downloaded within this iTunes collection. For more on Ethics Unwrapped please visit our website: ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu

Abramoff’s version of framing, which describes how our judgments, including our ethical judgments, are affected just by how a situation is posed or viewed. With Robert Prentice and Minette Drumwright. This video is accompanied by teaching notes to help aid classroom discussion and can be downloaded within this iTunes collection. For more on Ethics Unwrapped please visit our website: ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu

Abramoff’s version of overconfidence bias, which is our tendency to be more confident about our moral character and our ability to act ethically than is objectively justified. With Robert Prentice. This video is accompanied by teaching notes to help aid classroom discussion and can be downloaded within this iTunes collection. For more on Ethics Unwrapped please visit our website: ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu

Abramoff’s version of rationalizations, which are the excuses we make for not living up to our own, or society’s, ethical standards. With Robert Prentice and Minette Drumwright. This video is accompanied by teaching notes to help aid classroom discussion and can be downloaded within this iTunes collection. For more on Ethics Unwrapped please visit our website: ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu

Abramoff’s version of role morality, which is our tendency to use different moral standards as we play different “roles” in society. With Robert Prentice and Minette Drumwright. This video is accompanied by teaching notes to help aid classroom discussion and can be downloaded within this iTunes collection. For more on Ethics Unwrapped please visit our website: ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu

Abramoff’s version of the self-serving bias, which causes us to see things in ways that support our best interests and our pre-existing beliefs. With Robert Prentice and Lamar Pierce.

To watch the documentary in its entirety please visit our website at: www.ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu - the teaching notes accompanying the documentary are located within this iTunes collection. Featuring former lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff, this 25-minute documentary explores the internal biases and external pressures he faced as well as the consequences of his unethical decision-making. Filmed on the UT Austin campus.