Johanna Jauernig

Johanna Jauernig
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Introduction
Johanna Jauernig currently works at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Transition Economies. Johanna does research in Behavioural Economics, Business Ethics and Agricultural Ethics. Her current projects are 'The Effects of Competition on Aggression – an Experimental Investigation' and 'Ethical Issues of Land Market Regulations'. She does also work on the Ethics of Algorithms and on Market Scepticism. Her methods comprise economic experiments, conceptional analysis and surveys.
Additional affiliations
September 2018 - October 2018
Michigan State University
Position
  • Research Visitor
Description
  • I worked at MSU as a visiting researcher together with Paul Thompson (Department of Philosophy, Department of Community Sustainability).
December 2017 - present
Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies
Position
  • PostDoc Position
Description
  • I am part of the FORLand Research Group studying the ethical and societal implications of land markets. From October 2020 on, I will be principal investigator in this project.
November 2017 - present
Technische Universität München
Position
  • Research Associate
Education
November 2012 - September 2017
Technische Universität München
Field of study
  • Experimental Ethics
October 2002 - August 2008
October 2002 - July 2008
Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
Field of study
  • Philosophy, Social Psychology, Arthistory

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Publications (18)
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External shocks (e.g., due to a pandemic) may lead to price jumps in the short term. Rather than being read as a signal of increased scarcity, the resulting “price gouging” is often ascribed to sellers’ selfish exploitation of the crisis. In our experimental study, we investigate the drivers of fairness perceptions regarding voluntary transactions...
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There is an ongoing debate about genetic engineering (GE) in food production. Supporters argue that it makes crops more resilient to stresses, such as drought or pests, and should be considered by researchers as a technology to address issues of global food security, whereas opponents put forward that GE crops serve only the economic interests of t...
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Local farmers' preferences for farmland price regulations in competitive markets have not been studied systematically. We investigate farmers' preferences in Germany, where recent price increases have driven calls for regulatory changes. The results of an online vignette experiment show that farmers prefer stricter regulation against the admission...
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We explore aversion to the use of algorithms in moral decision-making. So far, this aversion has been explained mainly by the fear of opaque decisions that are potentially biased. Using incentivized experiments, we study which role the desire for human discretion in moral decision-making plays. This seems justified in light of evidence suggesting t...
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In the current landscape of management and business ethics scholarship, a prominent type of dissimulation is exemplified by corporate hypocrisy. The concept of corporate hypocrisy brings traditional morality to bear on the institutions of the modern society and thereby emphasizes the contested relationship between the research programs of individua...
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Hypocrisy is the act of claiming moral standards to which one’s own behavior does not conform. Instances of hypocrisy, such as the supposedly green furnishing group IKEA’s selling of furniture made from illegally felled wood, are frequently reported in the media. In a controlled and incentivized experiment, we investigate how observers rate differe...
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Many public debates about the societal significance and impact of agriculture are usefully framed by Paul Thompson's distinction between the "agrarian" and the "industrial vision." The key argument of the present paper is that the ongoing debate between these visions goes beyond academic philosophy and has direct effects on the political economy of...
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In an online experiment, we present scenarios of moral transgressions, including instances of moral hypocrisy or downright moral failure. In a between-subjects design, we vary the agent committing the transgression. This agent is either a private individual, a corporate manager or the corporation as a whole.
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We investigated money burning after tournaments. First, we show that substantial money burning was triggered if participants perceived a situation as competitive. Second, we investigated to which extent aggression between former contestants was motivated by preemptive retaliation or spite. To disentangle both motives, we introduced a credible and v...
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Purpose – The theoretical understanding of CSR is caught on the horns of the dilemma between the ethical and instrumental approaches. „the strategic turn“ in CSR has brought the dilemma to a new head. The purpose of the paper is to develop a novel argumentative strategy to address the dilemma. Design/methodology/approach – The paper weaves togeth...
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Voluntary agreements in which competitors commit to common goals are important tools for corporate social responsibility. After entering into a commitment, however, competitors often have incentives to behave opportunistically. This is possible because voluntary agreements are not enforced by external sanctions. We present the results of an explora...
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In two experimental studies I investigate detrimental effects of post-competition punishment. Results show that the punishment levels of winners and losers are equally high. An analysis of different target groups shows that losers are more likely to be spared by their peers, whereas winners face punishment from all sides. This provides evidence con...
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We elicit punishment after competition. Our experiment creates a setting in which winners and losers are assigned in a pairwise speed-based calculation task. As in Abbink and Sadrieh’s (2009) joy-of-destruction game punishment is executed by burning parts of another participant’s endowment. We manipulate the target of punishment to investigate whet...
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As fundamentally different the worlds of these thinkers appear to be, both were engaged in the topic of anxiety in a distinct and comparable way. They developed concepts, as to how it is possible to overcome this emotion. Reason plays a particular role in both systems of thought. Until now, no research connecting both thinkers has been conducted –...

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