Perspective Chapter: Rationality, Social Norms, and Dishonesty in Everyday Life
Journal: IntechOpen eBooks
Year: 2023

Many forms of unethical behavior are social in character. We are often heavily influenced by what others do. The social characteristic of dishonesty and crime nevertheless does not contradict that there is a rational element in people’s behavior. But people usually act within social conditions that are not determined by themselves. Inspired by recent findings in experimental economics, this chapter combines the standard economic model of crime, which emphasizes individual rationality, with more