"Across the board, participants who had been given money-related tasks had a greater likelihood of unethical intentions, decisions and behaviors", study co-author and Psychology professor Kristin Smith-Crowe told Business Insider. "What was happening with our participants is that the exposure to the concept of money was actually affecting they way they were thinking," Smith-Crowe said. "The money cues were triggering a business decision mind frame, which meant that they focused on a cost benefit analysis as motivation to pursue their own self interest, rather than thinking about things more broadly."
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:26:03 +0000
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