Is that the answer you had in mind? The effect of perspective on unethical behavior

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 679-688

  Schurr, Amos ^a,b   Ritov, Ilana ^b   Kareev, Yaakov ^b   Avraham, Judith ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Broad perspective; Cheating; Dishonest behavior; Ethical decision making; Ethicality; Narrow perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870582395     PISSN: 19302975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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