Corruption and Social Values: Do Postmaterialists Justify Bribery?

Bribery and the Nature of Corruption

The Twin Faces of Judicial Corruption: Extortion and Bribery

Individual Attitudes Toward Corruption: Do Social Effects Matter?

Using individual-level data for 35 countries, we investigate the microeconomic determinants of attitudes towards corruption. We consistently find women, employed, less wealthy, and older individuals to be more averse to corruption. We also provide evidence that social effects play an important role in determining individual attitudes towards corruption, as these are robustly and significantly a...

For whom do the ends justify the means? Social class and utilitarian moral judgment.

Though scholars have speculated for centuries on links between individuals' social class standing and approach to moral reasoning, little systematic research exists on how class and morality are associated. Here, we investigate whether the tendency of upper-class individuals to exhibit reduced empathy makes them more likely to resist intuitionist options in moral dilemmas, instead favoring util...

Social values and the corruption argument against financial incentives for healthy behaviour

Financial incentives may provide a way of reducing the burden of chronic diseases by motivating people to adopt healthy behaviours. While it is still uncertain how effective such incentives could be for promoting health, some argue that, even if effective, there are ethical objections that preclude their use. One such argument is made by Michael Sandel, who suggests that monetary transactions c...