The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty
Everyone cheats helping himself, but only a bit so they still feel honest.
- Everyone cheats helping himself, but only a bit so they still feel honest.
- Cheating doesn’t increase when risk sinks or reward rises.
- We cheat up to the level of allows us to retain our self-image as reasonably honest individuals.
- We tend to cheat more when we gain nonmonetary things. Removing steps from money => more cheating.
- Small moral reminders maintain our ethical standard.
- When signing let them create their own honor code so they think about it.
- Favor creates conflict of interest. Helping someone make him to want to help you back
- If you are depleted or stressed your brain is tired => You will take the gratification and cheat more
- Fake cloth affects you negatively and you will cheat more
- Be careful if someone wears counterfeits, because maybe he is dishonest somewhere else.
- If we wear counterfeits we will think that others cheat more.
- If you want to pretend to be stronger and better you have to give yourself a pep talk and believe that you are better.
- We sometimes don’t know why we do what we do, but our left brain creates stories to justify it.
- Creativity can let us cheat more, because we are more creative in searching justifications.
- Group Work can increase dishonesty if the group members all profit, but if there are supervisors in the group cheating decreases.
- The more you know someone the more you look for yourself.
- Reminders in the moment of temptation, avoid conflict of interest, depletion makes you dishonest, social circle can change your thought of dishonesty