Intrinsic honesty and the prevalence of rule violations across societies

Simon Gächter and Jonathan F. Schulz ()
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Jonathan F. Schulz: University of Nottingham

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7595, 496-499

Abstract: To test whether there is a relationship between the level of national corruption and the intrinsic honesty of individuals, a behavioural test of the honesty of people from 23 countries was conducted; the authors found that high national scores on an index of rule-breaking are linked with reduced personal honesty.

Date: 2016
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