#2545. Lies have long legs cheating, peer scrutiny and loyalty in teams

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Abstract:
This article conducted a field experiment with boy and girl scouts during their summer camps. The scout squads are organized on patrols: they are natural and tenacious groups that share a common good and are very different from the minimal groups commonly used in laboratory experiments. The results show that disclosing information to colleagues leads to even more deception. In addition, the results show that this adverse peer effect is independent of whether cheating rewards the team or the individual.
Keywords:
Adolescents; Behavioral economics; Cheating; Children; Deception; Experiments; Loyalty; Moral balancing; Peer scrutiny; Social image

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