Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time. Dan Ariely complexhonesthonesty Change image and share on social
In terms of the actual curriculum for management education, my own view is very simple-minded: The world is incredibly complex, it changes all the time, and we should not even hope that we could create a general model that accurately describes the world in all its possible states. Dan Ariely accuratelyactualcomplex share on social
Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves. Dan Ariely actbalancebasically share on social
It is helpful to think of people as having two fundamental motivations: the desire to see ourselves as honest, good people, and the desire to gain the benefits that come from cheating - on our taxes or on the football field. Dan Ariely benefitcheatdesire share on social
We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell the truth about everything, no matter what the consequences. Dan Ariely compatibleconsequencehonesty Change image and share on social