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We investigate the intrinsic motivation of individuals to report, and thereby sanction, fellow group members who lie for personal gain. We further explore the changes in lying and reporting behavior that result from giving individuals a say in who joins their group. We find that enough...
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behaviour such as fraud level, the status of person committing fraud and cohesiveness in affecting the willingness of internal … auditors of local government (APIPs) to be a whistleblower. Quasi-experiment between subject design using pattern of 3 … different was insignificant among the variance of fraud level, the status of person committing fraud, and cohesiveness. The …
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initial introduction in 1979 is today criticized for lack of applicability. I use the debate about whistleblowing laws to show … that prospect theory may be applied prescriptively in economics as a tool to design effective legislation. Whistleblowing … is often seen as an important way to uncover fraud, which causes billions of USD in damages annually. I first examine the …
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The present paper suggests an innovative experimental design to study the nature and occurrence of whistleblowing in an … is a strong predictor for whistleblowing. Further, employees who are more altruistic and more aware of ethical issues are … more likely to refrain from supporting fraud and report wrongdoing. With the foci on research exploring individual and …
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The phenomenon of fraud and abuse remains relevant, as evidenced not only by studies published in this area, but also … by the measures taken by economic operators to reduce it. Whistleblowing is an increasingly common tool for detecting … corruptly motivated irregularities. The level of interest in whistleblowing among Polish market entities is relatively low …
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We present results from a laboratory experiment identifying the main channels through which different law enforcement strategies deter organized economic crime. The absolute level of a fine has a strong deterrence effect, even when the exogenous probability of apprehension is zero. This effect...
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measure different types of fraud and to examine the influence of passengers' presumed information and income on the extent of … fraud. Results reveal that taxi drivers cheat passengers in systematic ways: Passengers with inferior information about …. Higher income seems to lead to more fraud. …
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This paper investigates the impact of newspaper publications about debit card skimming fraud on debit card usage in the … phenomenon of skimming fraud significantly affect the number of debit card payments. The direction of the effect depends on the … type of skimming fraud addressed. Newspaper articles on fraud at points-of-sale (POS) and ticket machines depress the …
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, increased division of labor in research, intense publication pressure, academic fraud, dilution of the concept of 'university …
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measure different types of fraud and to examine the influence of passengers' presumed information and income on the extent of … fraud. Results reveal that taxi drivers cheat passengers in systematic ways: Passengers with inferior information about …. Higher income seems to lead to more fraud. …
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