"I read Playboy for the articles"
Subtitle: justifying and rationalizing questionable preferences
By: Zoë Chance, Michael I. Norton
Contributors: Norton, Michael I., 1975-; Harvard Business School
Series: Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 10-018; Working paper (Harvard Business School) -- 10-018.
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 22
Description: We first describe two means by which individuals rationalize and justify questionable behavior, one which focuses on preemptive actions people take before engaging in such behavior and one which focuses on concurrent strategies, examining how people restructure situations such that their behavior seems less questionable. We conclude by briefly reviewing two additional strategies for coping with such difficult situations: either by forgoing making decisions, or forgetting one's decisions altogether.
Notes: "September 2009"--Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references.