Cheating, Corruption, and Concealment - The Roots of Dishonesty

Looks at cheating, corruption, and concealment to focus on motivations, justifications, influences, and reductions of dishonesty.

List of contents

1. Cheating, corruption, and concealment: an introduction to dishonesty Jan-Willem van Prooijen and Paul A. M. van Lange; Part I. Motivations for Dishonesty: 2. Moral motivation: a closer look C. Daniel Batson; 3. Beyond 'being good frees us to be bad': moral self-licensing and the fabrication of moral credentials Daniel A. Effron; 4. Deception as a means to an end: an instrumental approach Wolfgang Steinel, Lukas Koning, Eric van Dijk and Ilja van Beest; Part II. Justifying Dishonesty: 5. How moral flexibility constrains our moral compass Francesca Gino; 6. Always the hero to ourselves: the role of self-deception in unethical behaviour Celia Moore; 7. Not for my sake: preventing others from using potential beneficiaries' benefits as justifications for dishonesty Scott S. Wiltermuth and Medha Raj; 8. Corrupt collaboration: a behavioral ethics approach Shaul Shalvi, Ori Weisel, Sys Kochavi-Gamliel and Margarita Leib; Part III. Influences on Dishonesty: 9. Narcissism and dishonesty: the SAC model W. Keith Campbell and Lane Siedor; 10. When being creative frees us to be bad: linking creativity with moral licensing Lynne C. Vincent and Evan Polman; 11. Wealth and wrongdoing: social class differences in ethical reasoning and behavior Paul K. Piff, Daniel M. Stancato and E. J. Horberg; 12. Power, dishonesty, and justice Steven L. Blader and Andy J. Yap; Part IV. Reducing Dishonesty: 13. Religion, deception, and self-deception Stephanie R. Kramer and Azim F. Shariff; 14. The ergonomics of ethics Andy J. Yap; 15. When opposition is beneficial: the case of productive disobedience Piero Bocchiaro; 16. A cognitive approach to elicit verbal and nonverbal cues to deceit Aldert Vrij, Ronald P. Fisher, Hartmut Blank, Sharon Leal and Samantha Mann.

About the author

Jan-Willem van Prooijen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at VU University Amsterdam, and a Senior Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR).Paul A. M. van Lange is Professor of Psychology at VU University Amsterdam and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Product details

• Authors: Jan-Willem Van Prooijen, Jan-Willem Van Lange Prooijen
• Assisted by: Paul A M van Lange (Editor), Paul A. M. Van Lange (Editor), Lange Paul A. M. van (Editor), Jan-Willem Van Prooijen (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781107512627
• ISBN: 978-1-107-51262-7
• No. of pages: 329
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Business ethics & social responsibility, Political corruption, Social, group or collective psychology, Business ethics and social responsibility, Corruption in politics, government and society