Self-reportedethical risk taking tendencies predict actual dishonesty

Judgment and Decision Making

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关键词: DOSPERT;    risk taking;    honesty;    lying;    dishonesty;    unethical behavior.NAKeywords;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Are peoplehonest about the extent to which they engage in unethical behaviors?We reportan experiment examining the relation between self-reported risky unethicaltendencies and actual dishonest behavior. Participants' self-reported risktaking tendencies were assessed using the Domain-Specific Risk-Taking (DOSPERT)questionnaire, while actual self-serving dishonesty was assessed using aprivate coin tossing task. In this task, participants predicted the outcome ofcoin tosses, held the predictions in mind, and reported whether theirpredictions were correct. Thus, the task allowed participants to lie aboutwhether their predictions were correct. We manipulated whether reporting highercorrect scores increased (vs. not) participants monetary payoff. Resultsrevealed a positive relation between self-reported unethical risky tendenciesand actual dishonesty. The effect was limited to the condition in whichdishonesty was self-serving. Our results suggest liars are aware of theirdishonest tendencies and are potentially not ashamed of them. %changes

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