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    Status, Excuses, and Justifications
    (2017-08-16) Freeman, Sabrina; Massey, Kelly; Zelditch, Morris Jr
    The authors conducted experimental research on the acceptability of excuses (a personal account of making a procedural error) and justifications (an argument for what the violator had done) for norm violation. The actor offering the account or justification was either equated with the subjects on education or had an advantage on that characteristic. Results showed that status advantage increased the acceptance of the justification but reduced the acceptance of the excuse. This WP is a follow-up to research by Massey, Freeman and Zelditch (1997).