Karl Aquino

Karl Aquino is the Richard Poon Professor of Organizations and Society at the UBC Sauder School of Business, within the Marketing and Behavioural Science Division. He holds a BSc from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and MSc and PhD from Northwestern University. His research focuses on forgiveness, moral cognition, organizational justice, and workplace victimization, with notable contributions to understanding vigilantism in organizations and victim signaling dynamics.

Education:

• BSc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• MSc, Northwestern University
• PhD, Northwestern University

Research Interests:
Forgiveness and reconciliation, moral behavior in organizations, status and dominance hierarchies, and the psychological underpinnings of workplace victimization. His work often explores how moral identity influences responses to injustice, including vigilantism and third-party reactions to unethical behavior.

Recent articles highlight his focus on victim marketplace dynamics, redemption narratives in charitable giving, and the ethical tensions in professional contexts. His lab, the Immorality Lab, investigates how organizations and individuals navigate moral challenges. Courses taught include Management and Organizational Behaviour and Principles of Organizational Behaviour.

Notable contributions include studies on workplace vigilantes, gender bias in moral perceptions, and the role of racial identity in consumer behavior. Current research trends emphasize collective consciousness, ethical dilemmas in technology, and the impact of political ideologies on social judgments.