Editing Diffusion of responsibility (section)

===Workplace===
Diffusion of responsibility can be seen in the workplace through the response to [[mass email]] when compared to many, individualized emails. When mass emails are sent out, people feel a lack of accountability because the emails have not been addressed to them personally. Studies have shown that replies to personally addressed emails are more helpful and lengthier than replies to mass emails because personal interactions are associated with a greater sense of responsibility.<ref name="Barron Yechiam 2002">{{cite journal |last1=Barron |first1=Greg |last2=Yechiam |first2=Eldad |title=Private e-mail requests and the diffusion of responsibility |journal=Computers in Human Behavior |date=September 2002 |volume=18 |issue=5 |pages=507–520 |doi=10.1016/S0747-5632(02)00007-9 }}</ref> For example, the author of <ref>{{cite book |last=Altin |first=Simon Peter |author-link= |date=2024 |title=Paleothinking: Going Back in Time to Understand Human Nature |url= |location= |publisher=KDP |page=67 |isbn=979-8875858369}}</ref> reports sending thousands of emails to professors at universities worldwide, inviting them to recommend a journal to their students. The response rate has been extremely low, especially when using [[Blind carbon copy|blind carbon copy (bcc)]] to reach multiple recipients simultaneously.

Another example of diffusion of responsibility revolves around whistleblowing in the work place. Many people employed by companies that regularly committed accounting fraud do not blow the whistle. This is due to lack of individual accountability and moral disengagement. It has been shown that many people often get so focused on their individual tasks, they forget to think about moral responsibilities in an organization. Thus whistleblowing may not even be considered. Moreover, in companies where it is promoted, people still do not participate since they assume others will take the responsibility, causing feelings similar to a lack of accountability.<ref name="Thomson L">Thompson, Leigh (2011). Making the team. Chapter 2 Performance and Productivity: Team Performance Criteria and Threats to Productivity</ref><ref name="Barron Yechiam 2002"/>