Nothing to Declare: Mandatory and Voluntary Disclosure Leads Advisors to Avoid Conflicts of Interest

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 575-584

  Sah, Sunita ^a,b   Loewenstein, George ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conflicts of interest; decision making; disclosure; ethics; judgment; morality; policy making; social behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893587855     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613511824     Document Type: Article

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