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Topic: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich

-Kruugar- Posts: 9,128 Registered: Mar 4, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 8,778 User ID: 1,033,113	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/cheat-lie-break-the-law-chances-are-youre-rich/article2351690/ [quote=""]The wealthy really are different from everyone else: Theyâ€™re more likely to cheat, lie, and break the law. At least thatâ€™s the unflattering conclusion of a team of professors from the University of Torontoâ€™s Rotman School of Management and the University of California, Berkeley, who ran a battery of tests involving more than 1,000 people, seeking to answer the question of whether being rich or poor influenced ethical behaviour. More related to this story In results from seven separate studies, they found a consistent tendency among those they termed â€œupper-classâ€ to be more likely to break the law while driving, take valued goods from others, lie in negotiations, cheat to increase their chances of winning a prize and endorse unethical behaviour at work. The reason for the ethical difference was simple, according to the paper being published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a leading U.S. science journal. Wealthier people are more likely to have an attitude that greed is good. The question of social class and ethics has long intrigued researchers and has created a lively, if obscure, field of academic research. At first glance, it might seem more likely that poorer people would be more tempted to cheat or break the law, in order to improve their lot in life. But a growing body of research is coming to the opposite conclusion â€“ that itâ€™s people at the top of the income scale for whom honesty, integrity, and generosity seem to be a challenge. In the United States, for instance, despite the perception that the rich are great philanthropists, data show that upper-class households donate a smaller proportion of their incomes to charity than do lower-class families. Other research has found that those who are well off have a reduced concern for others. But one of the paperâ€™s authors, Stéphane Côté, professor of organizational behaviour and psychology at the Rotman School, cautioned against making blanket assumptions about people based on class alone. â€œWeâ€™re definitely not suggesting that any upper-class person â€¦ is going to be less ethical than every lower-class person. You need to be cautious in terms of applying these findings to predict the behaviour of a single individual,â€ he said. Testing people for ethics based on class might seem like a challenge, but the researchers for the science journal paper devised a series of ingenious tests to investigate behaviours. In one case, they monitored a busy San Francisco four-way stop, and had observers hidden from sight check which drivers obeyed the law stipulating that vehicles approaching the intersection yield to a car already making the crossing. The observers tracked the make, age, and conditions of cars, using them as a proxy for class. High-status vehicles such as Mercedes were considered the provenance of the rich, and those driving them were about three times more likely to cut in than those in less flashy cars. The researchers also conducted laboratory experiments on people who had been asked to classify themselves as to their class status, to test lying and cheating. In one test involving throws of an electronic dice, the researchers rigged computers to allow only low scores. Participants were told that those getting higher scores would have more chances to win $50 cash. They then tracked who lied about the results, and found that people in a higher social class displayed higher levels of cheating and more positive attitudes toward greed. The researchers zeroed in on greed as the operative factor through another experiment that assessed the willingness of people to engage in unethical behaviour at work, such as stealing cash, receiving bribes, or overcharging customers.[/quote] Finally someone officiated the research so they nutso conservatives won't say "source?" anymore! -----signature----- Ideology is not reality. To make good policy, one must consider all ideologies and decide which best solves the reality of the situation. Ideology is afterall, JUST AN IDEA.
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Gaevren Title: Wat do? Posts: 18,183 Registered: Sep 15, '04 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 17,906 User ID: 967,012	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	Well duh. How do you think they got rich in the first place? -----signature----- There are no automatic doors, just very polite ninjas
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-Kruugar- Posts: 9,128 Registered: Mar 4, '05 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 8,778 User ID: 1,033,113	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	Gaevren posted: Well duh. How do you think they got rich in the first place? I just like that I can say it now without the dummies trying to question it. They are liars, cheaters and more likely to break the law. -----signature----- Ideology is not reality. To make good policy, one must consider all ideologies and decide which best solves the reality of the situation. Ideology is afterall, JUST AN IDEA.
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FineYoungCannibals Title: Top of the food chain Posts: 74,939 Registered: Jul 14, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 73,108 User ID: 822,330	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	f*** the poor -----signature----- FYC
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Fallen_daemon Posts: 54,593 Registered: Jul 28, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 53,783 User ID: 285,476	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	i'm sure its common in the financial industry and lawyers . -----signature----- Fight white guilt and injustice by going to a Native American casino and gamble your money away. me pic http://acf.curbjaw.com/armchair.htm Formerly known as :armchair warrior, sysphus, fallen_deamon http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form
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Kanga_Roo Posts: 27,681 Registered: Feb 26, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 27,388 User ID: 650,647	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	Source? Link? -----signature----- Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one. Mark Twain
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Ferrydust Title: Iron Chef Jennifer Posts: 10,588 Registered: Sep 4, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 10,382 User ID: 711,372	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	This all a bunch of hooey. -----signature----- I, on the other hand, prefer a command-line system 'cause i'm so hardcore /north /north You encounter an [Avatar of the god Set]! /cast sheild sheild spell unavailable /csat shield csat: unknown command [Avatar of Set] beheads [Peasant]
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Rhodoman Posts: 81,876 Registered: Jun 14, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 80,454 User ID: 154,069	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	Rho -----signature----- Rho is correct. - Varece Venit hiems quidquid Latine dictum sit altum viditur Referring to illegal aliens as 'immigrants' is the same as referring to shoplifters as 'shoppers' - Dorvinion
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Dark_EternalFF Title: Official ACF Turd Posts: 85,900 Registered: Nov 8, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 84,100 User ID: 736,311	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	FineYoungCannibals posted: f*** the poor -----signature----- Max Fox (AC), Zygran (WoW, SWTOR) "We poison our air and water to weed out the weak! We set off fission bombs in our only biosphere! We nailed our God to a stick! Don't fk with the human race!" DE/Mr Pants 2012
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Anebriated Title: I should be reading a book Posts: 37,996 Registered: Jan 27, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 36,373 User ID: 764,038	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	don't usually see poor people parking and blocking my drive-way because they don't want to spend 10 minutes looking for a legal parking spot. poor people are more likely to be sleeping on my stoop, lol. -----signature----- (none)
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Aerlinthian Posts: 66,222 Registered: May 7, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 65,491 User ID: 94,919	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	Gaevren posted: Well duh. -----signature----- (none)
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Elmador_MoK Title: Voice of Mostly-Reason Posts: 4,228 Registered: Jun 26, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 4,137 User ID: 692,239	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	Nice guys finish last, news at 11. -----signature----- He who laughs last thinks slowest. http://www.browncoats.com/
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LadyMetropolis Posts: 1,268 Registered: Dec 23, '10 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 1,268 User ID: 1,409,972	Subject: Cheat, lie, break the law? Chances are, youâ€™re rich
	Elmador_MoK posted: Nice guys finish last, news at 11. --Source: Karate Kid Movie- "Bad Guy" -----signature----- (none)
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