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Banking culture primes people to cheat

Individual bankers behave honestly — except when they think about their jobs.

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  1. Cohn, A., Fehr, E. & Maréchal, M. A. Nature http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13977 (2014).

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Smith, K. Banking culture primes people to cheat. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.16380

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