Wealth and wrongdoing: Social class differences in ethical reasoning and behavior

Cheating, Corruption, and Concealment: The Roots of Dishonesty

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 185-207

  Piff, Paul K ^a   Stancato, Daniel M ^b   Horberg, E J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85048641595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316225608.012     Document Type: Chapter

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