Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for Help
We consistently underestimate how happy others are to assist.
Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for HelpWhy bankers seem more dishonest than prison inmates
Bank employees are not inherently untruthful, but they work in a setting that could encourage cheating.
Being reminded about work may have made bankers more materialistic.
Alain Cohn, Ernst Fehr, and Michel André Maréchal, “Business Culture and Dishonesty in the Banking Industry,” Nature, November 2014. Chart reprinted with permission from Nature Publishing Group. Copyright 2014.
We consistently underestimate how happy others are to assist.
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