Person

Philip Zimbardo

Social psychologist known for the Stanford prison experiment and research on situational power over behavior.

Why this matters

Zimbardo shows roles overwhelming conscience—when authority structures produce obedience without reflection.

Works

book

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People

Zimbardo, Philip. *The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil*. New York: Random House, 2007.

Related books

Book

When Authority Outlives Accountability

A Lens for Moral Leadership

A leadership lens on how authority can persist after accountability erodes, and what moral leadership requires to restore integrity in that gap. For institutional persistence after harm, see When Accountability No Longer Expires (upcoming).