Carmen Tanner

Education

• 2006 Habilitation in Psychology - University of Zurich.
• 1995 Ph.D in Psychology - University of Bern.
• 1992 Master's Degree in Psychology - University of Bern.

Research Interest

• Moral/Ethical Decision Making and Behavior
• Ethical/Responsible Leadership
• Moral Intelligence
• Behavioral Business Ethics
• Organisational Culture

Positions

• Since 2016 Professor of Behavioral Ethics. Departement of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich (part time).
  
• Since 2015 Professor for Economic Psychology & Leadership Ethics; and Vice Director of "Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin" | LEIZ, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• Since 2011 Director "Center for Responsibility in Finance". Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich.
• 2010 Director "Research Center Moral Intelligence". Department of Psychology, Social- and Business Psychology, University of Zurich.
• 2004-2010 SNSF-Professorship of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Department of Psychology, Cognitive Social Psychology, University of Zurich.
• 2007-2008 Member of the Group of Experts on behalf of the "Deutsches Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung" (BMBF).
• 2000-2003 Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Psychological Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.

Publications

*Journal Article *

• An Advanced Measure of Moral Sensitivity in Business Tanner Carmen, Schmocker David, Christen Markus, Katsarov Johannes In: European Journal of Psychological Assessment, Vol. 36, (5), p. 864-873, September 2020
• Training moral sensitivity through video games: a review of suitable game mechanisms Christen Markus, Schmocker David, Tanner Carmen, Katsarov Johannes, Mauerhofer Ralf In: Games and Culture, Vol. 14, (4), p. 344-366, July 2019
• The German Ethical Culture Scale (GECS): Development and first construct testing Tanner Carmen, Gangl Katharina, Witt Nicole In: Frontiers in Psychology, , July 2019
• Measuring value sensitivity in medicine Christen Markus, Tanner Carmen, Ineichen Christian In: BMC Medical Ethics, Vol. 18, (5), p. 5-5, January 2017
• Prefrontal connections express individual differences in intrinsic resistance to trading off honesty values against economic benefits Tanner Carmen, Wagner Alexander F., Seid-Fatemi Azade, Morishima Yosuke, Heise Felix, Gibson Rajna, Tobler Philippe N In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, p. 33263-33263, August 2016
• "Moralische Intelligenz" in der medizinischen Praxis : Zur Nutzung moralpsychologischer Konstrukte und Messverfahren in klinischer Diagnostik und Weiterbildung Christen Markus, Tanner Carmen, Ineichen Christian In: Praxis, Vol. 105, (21), p. 1261-1266, January 2016
• How moral are the principles of biomedical ethics? Christen Markus, Tanner Carmen, Ineichen Christian In: BMC Medical Ethics, Vol. 15, p. 47-47, June 2014
• Are integrative or distributive outcomes more satisfactory? The effects of interest-based versus value-based issues on negotiator satisfaction Negotiator satisfaction Tanner Carmen, Stöckli Peter Lucas In: European Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 44, (3), p. 202-208, April 2014
• Sacred values: Trade-off type matters Tanner Carmen, Duc Corinne, Hanselmann Martin, Boesiger Peter In: Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics, Vol. 6, (4), p. 252-263, January 2014
• How “moral” are the principles of biomedical ethics? – A cross-domain evaluation of the common morality hypothesis Christen Markus, Tanner Carmen, Ineichen Christian In: BMC Medical Ethics, Vol. 15, (47), p. online-online, January 2014
• Preferences for truthfulness: Heterogeneity among and within individuals Tanner Carmen, Wagner Alexander F., Gibson Rajna In: American Economic Review, Vol. 103, (1), p. 532-548, February 2013
• Actions speak louder than words: Benefits of ethical behaviors of leaders Tanner Carmen, Brugger Alexander, van Schie Susan, Lebherz Carmen In: Journal of Psychology, Vol. 218, (4), p. 225-233, January 2010
• A test of prospect theory and fuzzy-trace theory in risky choice framing Tanner Carmen, Kühberger K. In: Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Vol. 23, (3), p. 314-329, January 2010
• To Act or Not to Act: Nonconsequentialism in Environmental Decision-Making Tanner Carmen In: Ethics & Behavior, Vol. 19, (6), p. 479-495, January 2009
• Geschützte Werte Skala (GWS): Konstruktion und Validierung eines Messinstrumentes Tanner Carmen, Ryf Bettina, Hanselmann Martin In: Diagnostica, Vol. 55, (3), p. 174-183, January 2009
• Context Effects in Environmental Judgments: Assimilation and Contrast Effects in Separate and Joint Evaluation Modes Tanner Carmen In: Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 38, (11), p. 2759-2786, January 2008
• Influence of deontological versus consequentialist orientations on act choices and framing effects: when principles are more important than consequences Tanner Carmen, Medin Douglas L., Iliev Rumen In: European Journal of Social Psychology, Vol. 38, (5), p. 757-769, January 2008
• Taboos and conflicts in decision making: Sacred values, decision difficulty, and emotions Tanner Carmen, Hanselmann Martin In: Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 3, (1), p. 51-63, January 2008
• Wenn Konsumenten und Konsumentinnen Konsumprodukte nach ihrer Umweltfreundlichkeit beurteilen Tanner Carmen In: Gaia, Vol. 15, (3), p. 215-220, January 2006