A study recently published in Psychological Science reveals that when people repeatedly encounter headlines about corporate wrongdoing, they view the wrongdoing as less unethical and are more likely to believe the headlines ...
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2023
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The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie "Wall Street" – that "greed is good," according to a new study from the University ...
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2012
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A gut-level connection with workers may be the key to encouraging whistle-blowing that could chip away at an estimated $652 billion lost to fraud annually by U.S. businesses, an ongoing University of Illinois study suggests.
Economics & Business
Dec 7, 2009
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Understanding how people judge organizations, especially after organizational wrongdoing, is a complex puzzle—but a consequential one. New research from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business sheds light on the intriguing ...
Social Sciences
Oct 2, 2023
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Wrongdoing is endemic to organizations, costing U.S. firms billions of dollars in fraud. The primary way wrongdoing is caught is through whistleblowers, who have long been thought to act out of a desire to help or improve ...
Social Sciences
Nov 3, 2022
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People who can self-reflect and regulate their moral behavior are more likely to bounce back after a failure rather than deviate from their 'moral compass' and misbehave, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Feb 24, 2022
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Car emissions is a high-stakes issue, as last year's Volkswagen scandal demonstrated. Pressure to meet tightening standards led the carmaker to cheat on emissions tests. But wrongdoing aside, how are automakers going to realistically ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 22, 2016
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CIA director John Brennan says the spy agency did not hack into computers that Senate staffers were using to investigate Bush-era interrogation programs.
Security
Mar 11, 2014
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Phone numbers and email addresses belonging to some 6 million Facebook users have been improperly shared due to a software bug, the social network said.
Internet
Jun 22, 2013
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A New Zealand judge on Friday ordered police to return any digital material seized in an armed raid on Internet mogul Kim Dotcom's mansion last year not directly related to the prosecution against him.
Business
May 31, 2013
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