The heritability of moral standards for everyday dishonesty

Peter J. Loewen; Christopher T. Dawes; Nina Mazar; Magnus Johannesson; Philipp Koellinger; Patrik K.E. Magnusson

doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2013.05.001

The heritability of moral standards for everyday dishonesty

Peter J. Loewen, Christopher T. Dawes, Nina Mazar, Magnus Johannesson, Philipp Koellinger, Patrik K.E. Magnusson

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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 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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	363-366
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Volume	93
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2013.05.001
State	Published - Sep 2013

Keywords

Ethics
Genetic
Heterogeneity
Individual differences
Variation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics and Econometrics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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