Wealthy Are Less Ethical Than Average Earners, Study Finds
Fueled with an enhanced sense of entitlement and greed, studies show that the rich are more likely to lie and cheat for personal gain.
He got the idea for the study watching people cut others off at a four-way intersection. His sense was that the most aggressive drivers were the ones with the most expensive cars. To test this, his first experiment tabulated the behavior of 274 drivers at that same intersection. Sure enough, drivers of expensive cars were the most likely to cut others off, he found.
So, just because someone seems to have it all don’t don’t expect them to be more generous.
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Tags: honesty, human behavior, human nature, human psychology
