The (honest) truth about dishonesty : how we lie to everyone--especially ourselves
Item details
- ISBN: 9780062183590 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0062183591 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780062183613 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0062183613 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780062196347 (international edition)
- ISBN: 0007477325
- ISBN: 9780007477326
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Physical Description:
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xiii, 285 pages ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Harper, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction. Why is dishonesty so interesting? : From Enron to our own misbehaviors ; A fascination with cheating ; Becker's parking problem and the birth of national crime ; Elderly volunteers and petty thieves ; Why behavioral economics and dishonesty? -- 1. Testing the simple model of rational crime (SMORC) : Get rich cheating ; Tempting people to cheat, the measure of dishonesty ; What we know versus what we think we know about dishonesty ; Cheating when we can't get caught ; Market vendors, cab drivers, and cheating the blind ; Fishing and tall tales ; Striking a balance between truth and cheating -- 2. Fun with the fudge factor : Why some things are easier to steal than others ; How companies pave the way for dishonesty ; Token dishonesty ; How pledges, commandments, honor codes, and paying with cash can support honesty ; But lock your doors just the same ; And a bit about religion, the IRS, and insurance companies -- 2B. Golf : Man versus himself ; A four-inch lie ; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to take the mulligan ; Schrƶdinger's scorecard -- 3. Blinded by our own motivations : Craze lines, tattoos, and how conflicts of interest distort our perception ; How favors affect our choices ; Why full disclosure and other policies aren't fully effective ; Imagining less conflicted compensation ; Disclosure and regulation are the answers, or not -- 4. Why we blow it when we're tired : Why we don't binge in the morning ; Willpower: another limited resource ; Judgment on an empty stomach ; How flexing our cognitive and moral muscles can make us more dishonest ; Self-depletion and a rational theory of temptation -- 5. Why wearing fakes makes us cheat more : The secret language of shoes ; From ermine to Armani and the importance of signaling ; Do knockoffs knock down our standards of honesty? ; Can gateway fibs lead to monster lies? ; When "what the hell" wreaks havoc ; There's no such thing as one little white lie ; Halting the downward spiral -- |
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Subject: | Honesty Truthfulness and falsehood BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General HISTORY / Social History Behavior Popular Works Deception Popular Works Ethics Popular Works |
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