{"id":4429,"date":"2003-09-05T07:17:40","date_gmt":"2003-09-05T14:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2003-09-05T07:17:40","modified_gmt":"2003-09-05T14:17:40","slug":"say_youre_sorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/09\/05\/say_youre_sorry.html","title":{"rendered":"Say you’re sorry …"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s advice we give every kid (“Now, apologize for what you did. Say you’re sorry.”). But as adults, we avoid it, especially on a large scale, because of fear that an apology will lead to a law suit.<\/p>\n

That fear may be ungrounded<\/a>, based on two new studies. <\/p>\n

In the two studies, participants, ages 21 to 70, read a scenario describing a pedestrian-bicycle accident. They were asked to take on the role of the injured person and evaluate a settlement offer from the other party, based on information about the injuries, the other party\u2019s conduct, and each party\u2019s responsibility for causing the accident.
\nRobbennolt found that when a full apology was given, 73 percent of the respondents would accept the settlement offer. When no apology was given, 52 percent would accept, but when a partial apology was given, only 35 percent would accept.
\nEven when Robbennolt changed the scenario and made the evidence of fault less clear, a partial apology was still often perceived no differently than no apology. Results also showed that the severity of the injury mattered. The more severe the injury, the more need to fully apologize.
\n\u201cAn offender who offered a full apology was seen as experiencing more regret, as being more moral and more likely to be careful in the future than one offering a partial or no apology,\u201d Robbennolt said.<\/p>\n

Interesting, and sensible. Note, of course, that lawyers didn’t get involved …<\/p>\n

(via PRBop<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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