{"id":23445,"date":"2014-06-27T12:02:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T16:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=23445"},"modified":"2014-07-01T13:06:29","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T17:06:29","slug":"june-27-2014-behavioral-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/06\/27\/june-27-2014-behavioral-ethics\/23445\/","title":{"rendered":" Behavioral Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: As of June 30, the total number of cars recalled by GM has risen to over 28 million.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why are people dishonest? From Main Street to Wall Street, at home and at work, questionable behavior defies people\u2019s best intentions. Now experts in the social sciences are examining why people so often behave contrary to their own ethical aims and what can be done about it, especially in the world of business. &#8220;What we find is that when people are thinking about honesty versus dishonesty,&#8221; says Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business, &#8220;it\u2019s all about being able, at the moment, to rationalize something and make yourself think that this is actually okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When people are thinking about honesty versus dishonesty,&#8221; says Dan Ariely, professor at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business, &#8220;it\u2019s all about being able, at the moment, to rationalize something and make yourself think this is actually okay.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/06\/27\/june-27-2014-behavioral-ethics\/23445\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":23448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[17788,17787,10912,5663,4919,1854],"class_list":["post-23445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-dan-ariely","tag-duke-university","tag-enron","tag-integrity","tag-notre-dame","tag-wall-street","topics-ethics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>June 27, 2014 ~ Behavioral Ethics | June 27, 2014 | Religion &amp; 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