(Medical Xpress)—A pair of researchers has carried out several experiments using volunteers and has found that people tend to not remember their own unethical behavior very well compared to other types of activities. In their paper published inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Maryam...
Chasing achievement can take dark turns. People may be looking for a shortcut, choose to cheat, or engage in otherwise unethical behavior to attain that excellence. That choice generally won’t end well, because those people tend to get found out sooner or later. Chasing excellence in whatever...
Adware from the first category tends to be easier to remove, since the company in question is more restrained in its unethical behavior. Most of the time, they do this to learn more about their customer or feed you some half-relevant ads. Malicious hackers however design their adware to be...
Most personality tests (including all the tests discussed in this article) should not be used to make hiring decisions; to do so would be both ineffective and unethical. Finally, it is essential to note that personality tests should not be used as a replacement for professional mental health ...
encouraging or rewarding unethical or illegal behavior (drugs, stealing, cheating, lying, bullying) promoting or rewarding promiscuity giving a child or using in the presence of a child: drugs, alcohol and other illegal substances allowing or encouraging children to engage in behavior that is harmful...
This can be in response to anything from a comment the harasser didn’t agree with, the victim being promoted instead of the harasser, or the victim reporting the harasser for something (such as fraud, unethical behavior, or other forms of harassment). ...
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Internal ControlsEgo DepletionEthicsPreventive ControlsDetective ControlsOne key reason companies implement internal controls is to reduce the likelihood of unethical behavior. Yet, research on ego depletion from psychology suggestsdoi:10.2139/ssrn.2795815Allen, Drew...
Individual company stocks or commodity prices may experience the same phenomenon on a smaller scale. If investors perceive a greater degree of risk in a security, they will tend to avoid it. If the perception of risk is accentuated by poor performance or unethical behavior on the part of compa...
The term blacklist refers to a list of people, organizations, or countries that are shunned or excluded by others because they are alleged to have engaged in unacceptable or unethical behavior or activities. A blacklist is considered retaliatory because it's meant to create financial hardship for...