Thursday, January 16, 2014

Who would have thought


Seven studies using experimental and naturalistic methods reveal that upper-class individuals behave more unethically than lower-class individuals. In studies 1 and 2, upper-class individuals were more likely to break the law while driving, relative to lower-class individuals. In follow-up laboratory studies, upper-class individuals were more likely to exhibit unethical decision-making tendencies (study 3), take valued goods from others (study 4), lie in a negotiation (study 5), cheat to increase their chances of winning a prize (study 6), and endorse unethical behaviour at work (study 7) than were lower-class individuals. Mediator and moderator data demonstrated that upper-class individuals’ unethical tendencies are accounted for, in part, by their more favourable attitudes toward greed.

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4 comments:

  1. They have forgotten, or maybe never learned, that Noblesse oblige.

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    1. Well, where is no noblesse . . .
      Most people would not know, let alone accept that 'property obliges'.

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  2. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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