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6. Small Deceptions Matter

verfasst von : Leslie E Sekerka

Erschienen in: Ethics is a Daily Deal

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The reality of being human is that we all bend the truth. We lie. Whether intentionally for unethical reasons or in a backward manner to try and do good, mistruths are everywhere we go. We lie, and we lie a lot. One study found that telling lies to partners, bosses, and coworkers occurred, on average, six times a day for men and three times a day for women (Daily Mail Reporter 2009). In the workplace people share social fictions all the time, claiming that “nothing is wrong” (when something is wrong) or that we go along with something “that’s fine” (when it is really troubling).

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Fußnoten
1
A YouTube on the “Science of Lying” can be found at: https://​www.​youtube.​com/​watch?​v=​MX3Hu8loXTE.
 
2
Some of this material originally appeared in Sekerka, L. E. 2012.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Small Deceptions Matter
verfasst von
Leslie E Sekerka
Copyright-Jahr
2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18090-8_6

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