This paper reconsiders the evidence on lying or deception presented in Gneezy (2005, American Economic Review). We argue that Gneezy's data cannot reject the hypothesis that people are one of two kinds: either a person will never lie, or a person will lie whenever she prefers the outcome...

Other-oriented tendencies like Compassion have been shown to be an important factor for pro-social behavior. For instance, recent research has shown that compassionate feelings for the suffering environment promote the conservation of nature. We extend this notion and relate compassion for...

A variety of analogical literature is reviewed to ascertain oscillations in the collected works to determine a symphonic solution that is emancipatory of all incentives to conduct unethical manipulations of financial disclosures. The etymological question is how to structure an incentive plan...

Understanding what motivates employees is essential to the success of organizational objectives. Therefore, properly capturing and explaining the full range of such motivations are important. However, the classical and most popular theories describing employee motives have neglected, if not...

We present an infinite-horizon model of moral standards where self-esteem and unconscious drives play key roles. In the model, an individual receives random temptations (such as bribe offers) and must decide which to resist. Individual actions depend both on conscious intent and a type...