Shared responsibility in collective decisions

Marwa El Zein (), Bahador Bahrami and Ralph Hertwig
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Marwa El Zein: University College London
Bahador Bahrami: Ludwig Maximilian University
Ralph Hertwig: Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Nature Human Behaviour, 2019, vol. 3, issue 6, 554-559

Abstract: Abstract Research investigating collective decision-making has focused primarily on the improvement of accuracy in collective decisions and less on the motives that drive individuals to make these decisions. We argue that a strong but neglected motive for making collective decisions is minimizing the material and psychological burden of an individual’s responsibility. Making difficult decisions with others shields individuals from the consequences of negative outcomes by reducing regret, punishment and stress. Considering shared responsibility as a another key motivation to join groups helps understand behaviours with societal implications such as political voting, committing norm violations, predicting natural disasters and making health-related decisions.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0596-4

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