The Heritability of Moral Standards for Everyday Dishonesty
Posted: 29 May 2013
Date Written: 2013
Abstract
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 2,000 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.
Keywords: ethics, genetic, individual differences, heterogeneity, variation
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Loewen, Peter John and Dawes, Christopher T. and Mazar, Nina and Johannesson, Magnus and Koellinger, Philipp and Magnusson, Patrik, The Heritability of Moral Standards for Everyday Dishonesty (2013). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2271350. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2271350
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