The heritability of moral standards for everyday dishonesty

被引:17
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作者
Loewen, Peter J. [1 ]
Dawes, Christopher T. [2 ]
Mazar, Nina [3 ]
Johannesson, Magnus [4 ]
Koellinger, Philipp [5 ]
Magnusson, Patrik K. E. [6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Polit Sci, Mississauga, ON L6L 1C6, Canada
[2] NYU, Wilf Family Dept Polit, New York, NY 10012 USA
[3] Univ Toronto, Joseph L Rotman Sch Management, Toronto, ON M5S 3E6, Canada
[4] Stockholm Sch Econ, SE-11383 Stockholm, Sweden
[5] Erasmus Sch Econ, Dept Appl Econ, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
[6] Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
关键词
Ethics; Genetic; Individual differences; Heterogeneity; Variation; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; GENETIC-VARIATION; EMPLOYEE THEFT; TWIN; DECEPTION; FAIRNESS; TRUTH;
D O I
10.1016/j.jebo.2013.05.001
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Previous research on the acceptability of dishonest actions has focused on the role of social norms and internal reward mechanisms. Using a sample of over 2000 Swedish adult twins, this manuscript examines whether there exists another source that is driving differences in perceptions of the acceptability of dishonest actions: genetic variation. We find that much of the variation in perceptions of the acceptability of dishonest actions is attributable to genetic variation between individuals. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:363 / 366
页数:4
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