An organization may be stigmatized for the nature of its activities (core stigma), or for misconduct (event stigma). Stigma damages an organization's legitimacy and threatens its survival. Therefore, organizations respond by taking actions to mitigate stigma and restore legitimacy. However, there has been insufficient empirical analysis of responses to transferred event stigma resulting from other organizations' misconduct. This study quantitatively analyzes Japanese regional government entities' responses to criticism from mass media and political directives issued by the central government, after they had been stigmatized for a series of bid-rigging events. This study's major theoretical contribution is its finding that organizations are sensitive to event stigma that results from others' misconduct. Additionally, this study is among the first to examine the effects stigma has on government organizations, in contrast to prior research that has focused on private companies.

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事件污名的转移：日本地方政府对围标批评的反应

一个组织可能因其活动的性质（核心污名）或不当行为（事件污名）而受到污名。污名会损害组织的合法性并威胁其生存。因此，组织通过采取行动减轻污名和恢复合法性来做出回应。然而，对于因其他组织的不当行为而导致的转移事件污名的反应，没有足够的实证分析。本研究定量分析了日本地方政府实体在因一系列围标事件被污名化后对大众媒体批评和中央政府发布的政治指令的反应。这项研究的主要理论贡献是它发现组织对因他人不当行为而导致的事件污名很敏感。此外，