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17 March 2009
Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal (sometimes): Dan Ariely on TED.com
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it’s OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we’re predictably irrational — and can be influenced in ways we can’t grasp. (Recorded at TED2009, February 2009, in Long Beach, California. Duration: 16:23.)
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Dorothy Ryan
Mar 18 2009My local supermarket has an automated checkout system, people check out cheap items that weigh the same as more expensive ones and the supermarket looses out. Nobody was happy when the systems were installed in place of staff and I believe this caused the lack of respect that has contributed to the maverick attitude. People are less likely to cheat on someone or something they inately respect, which is probably why the students didn’t cheat on the 10 commandments test.
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Stacey Reid
Cheating is common place everywhere. It’s seems normal for the under achiever and the high achiever to cheat whether to get leverage.