Authors:

  • Francesca Gino

Excerpt

License to Cheat: Voluntary Regulation and Ethical Behavior. Francesca Gino, September 2012, Paper. "While monitoring and regulation can be used to combat socially costly unethical conduct, their intended targets are often able to avoid regulation or hide their behavior. This surrenders at least part of the effectiveness of regulatory policies to firms' and individuals' decisions to voluntarily submit to regulation. We study individuals' decisions to avoid monitoring or regulation and thus enhance their ability to engage in unethical conduct..." Link