Elaboration of the five main elements of the framework
| Main elements of framework | Line of argument | Concepts | Key features unethical behavior | Proposi-tion no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personality | Narcissisms and Anti-social disorders joined in analysis Degree of behavioral expression depends on motivation and situation Normal trait extraversion include indicators for unethical behavior as well | Narcissistic disorder | Entitlement, lack of empathy and sacrificing people | 1 |
| Anti-social disorder | Law-breaking, recklessness, lying, and emotional manipulation | 2 | ||
| Situational narcissism | Self-advancement, hostility, irrationality and denial of events | 3 | ||
| Extraversion | Absence of doubt and shame | 4 | ||
| Social needs | Selfish instead of socialized phenotypes of the needs for power, achievement, and affiliation | Personalized power | Retaliation toward opponents | 5 |
| Performance goal orientation | Manipulation of the judgments on achievements through exchange of false information | 6 | ||
| Need for bonding and instrumental need for intimacy | Instigation of hostility by exchange of rancor and envy | 7 | ||
| Perceptions of control | Relations with followers and the environment are approached through perceptions of control Leaders instigate mirrored perceptions of control among followers. The selection and sequence of the perceptions of control emerge from a personalized need for power | Anticipation of non-enforcement, example for sucker-effect | Gaining a rise in status by norm violations and law-breaking | 8 |
| Illusion of control, relinquishment of control | Irresponsible acts in the belief to be invulnerable | 9 | ||
| Sel-serving short-term locus of control | Blaming others for negative expectations and outcomes | 10 | ||
| Trust Distrust interaction | This section explains how people come to rely on untrustworthy leaders. Some leaders display trust at their approach of followers but behave thereafter untrustworthy | Disinformation | Distribution of disinformation and fueling of distrust | 11 |
| Blind trust through profound distrust | Acquiring blind trust among followers | 12 | ||
| Benevolence without integrity and competence | Abuse of trust | 13 | ||
| Social comparison | Prevalence of opinion formation over growth of abilities cause further stagnation. Social comparison processes reinforce polarization and hostility to those who differ. Traditional and social media favor leaders with self-serving and short-term power strategies and a sense for symbolic expressions that pretend decisiveness | Inner-circle members and force to uniformity | Homogenizing and polarization of opinions | 14 |
| Hostility and derogation | People who differ in abilities and opinions are mistreated | 15 | ||
| Monopolizing media toward a dominance of system one reasoning | Hostility toward people and groups who search for verification of claims and outcomes | 16 |
| Main elements of framework | Line of argument | Concepts | Key features unethical behavior | Proposi-tion no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personality | Narcissisms and Anti-social disorders joined in analysis | Narcissistic disorder | Entitlement, lack of empathy and sacrificing people | 1 |
| Anti-social disorder | Law-breaking, recklessness, lying, and emotional manipulation | 2 | ||
| Situational narcissism | Self-advancement, hostility, irrationality and denial of events | 3 | ||
| Extraversion | Absence of doubt and shame | 4 | ||
| Social needs | Selfish instead of socialized phenotypes of the needs for power, achievement, and affiliation | Personalized power | Retaliation toward opponents | 5 |
| Performance goal orientation | Manipulation of the judgments on achievements through exchange of false information | 6 | ||
| Need for bonding and instrumental need for intimacy | Instigation of hostility by exchange of rancor and envy | 7 | ||
| Perceptions of control | Relations with followers and the environment are approached through perceptions of control Leaders instigate mirrored perceptions of control among followers. The selection and sequence of the perceptions of control emerge from a personalized need for power | Anticipation of non-enforcement, example for sucker-effect | Gaining a rise in status by norm violations and law-breaking | 8 |
| Illusion of control, relinquishment of control | Irresponsible acts in the belief to be invulnerable | 9 | ||
| Sel-serving short-term locus of control | Blaming others for negative expectations and outcomes | 10 | ||
| Trust Distrust interaction | This section explains how people come to rely on untrustworthy leaders. Some leaders display trust at their approach of followers but behave thereafter untrustworthy | Disinformation | Distribution of disinformation and fueling of distrust | 11 |
| Blind trust through profound distrust | Acquiring blind trust among followers | 12 | ||
| Benevolence without integrity and competence | Abuse of trust | 13 | ||
| Social comparison | Prevalence of opinion formation over growth of abilities cause further stagnation. Social comparison processes reinforce polarization and hostility to those who differ. Traditional and social media favor leaders with self-serving and short-term power strategies and a sense for symbolic expressions that pretend decisiveness | Inner-circle members and force to uniformity | Homogenizing and polarization of opinions | 14 |
| Hostility and derogation | People who differ in abilities and opinions are mistreated | 15 | ||
| Monopolizing media toward a dominance of system one reasoning | Hostility toward people and groups who search for verification of claims and outcomes | 16 |
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