Abstract The impact of deterrence institutions beyond their immediate scope application is unknown. Using a quasi-experiment with naturally occurring variation in inspections, we found evidence spillover effects across contexts. We identified fraudsters and non-fraudsters on public transport who were or not exposed to ticket inspections. measured the intrinsic honesty same persons new context w...

devotedness and honesty of intentions are adornment of personality. the holy religion of islam has always encouraged human to wear this adornments as well as being ethical. the life of prophets and pious ones is full of attempts to be ethically upright and to be away from ingloriousness. the present article studies one of the ethical characteristics of imam ali (as) and exemplifies him as a sym...

The study of active lying poses considerable methodological challenges, especially regarding suitable experimental designs to prompt dishonest responses. This aim is often achieved by instructing participants whether to lie or to be honest in a given situation (e.g., Spence et al., 2001; Walczyk et al., 2003). Shalvi and colleagues have recently promoted a striking alternative approach which al...

Modern communication technologies enable efficient exchange of information, but often sacrifice direct human interaction inherent in more traditional forms of communication. This raises the question of whether the lack of personal interaction induces individuals to exploit informational asymmetries. We conducted two experiments with 866 subjects to examine how human versus machine interaction i...

Individuals differ profoundly when they decide whether to tell the truth or to be dishonest, particularly in situations where moral motives clash with economic motives, i.e., when truthfulness comes at a monetary cost. These differences should be expressed in the decision network, particularly in prefrontal cortex. However, the interactions between the core players of the decision network durin...