Justified ethicality: Observing desired counterfactuals modifies ethical perceptions and behavior

Employing a die-under-cup paradigm, we study the extent to which people lie when it is transparently clear they cannot be caught. We asked participants to report the outcome of a private die roll and gain money according to their reports. Results suggest that the degree of lying depends on the exten...

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Published in:	Organizational behavior and human decision processes Vol. 115; no. 2; pp. 181 - 190
Main Authors:	Shalvi, Shaul, Dana, Jason, Handgraaf, Michel J.J., De Dreu, Carsten K.W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Inc 01.07.2011 Elsevier Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Inc
Series:	Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Subjects:	Applied psychology Behavioral economics Behavioral ethics Behavioural economics Betrug Biological and medical sciences Counterfactual thinking Counterfactuals Deceit Deception Die-under-cup paradigm Ethical decision making Ethics Ethik Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Honesty Legitimacy Lies Lies Deception Ethical decision making Behavioral economics Behavioral ethics Morality Ethics Counterfactual thinking Norm Theory Mutability Lying Miscellaneous Money Morality Mutability Norm Theory Organizational behavior Organizational behaviour Perception Perceptions Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Social psychology Studies Test Value Verhalten Ethics Morality Deception Behavioral ethics Mutability Behavioral economics Counterfactual thinking Ethical decision making Norm Theory Lies Human Decision making Theory Moral attitude Cognition Moral science Standards Lying Perception
ISSN:	0749-5978, 1095-9920
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