International Law

Darkness Encourages Cheating

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Interesting research on how the cover of darkness is more than a metaphor.

"Imagine a man sits alone, hunched over his desk, fingers tapping out a project progress report to his boss.

Does he decide to lie? If I told you that the sun had nearly set, filling the man's room with darkness, would that make any difference to your answer?

It should. A new study suggests that darkness encourages cheating, even when it makes no difference to anonymity."

Full post as published by Misleading Advertising Law on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).