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| Type | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Cheating - A review project on fraudulent behavior |
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| Institution | University of Zurich |
| Faculty | Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics |
| Number of Pages | 143 |
| Date | 2016 |
| Abstract Text | In today's global and interconnected world, where people can operate from distance through the Internet or telecommunication, cheating behavior has become a crucial topic in the area of economic businesses. Organizations got highly vulnerable to fraudulent attacks through external and/or internal individuals. The aim of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding on why “ordinary” people, like you and me, who have high moral views of themselves, engage in unethical behavior. The psychological mechanisms that lead to cheating behavior are analyzed on an individual level. After defining fraudulent and unethical behavior, past research in this area is reviewed and categorized in different research streams. The literature review gives an overview about the standard economic, psychological, behavior economic and the neuroscientific perspectives on cheating behavior. Subsequently, the mechanisms behind intentional and unintentional unethical behavior are examined. The thesis is finalized with some managerial implications on how to curb cheating behavior and with concluding remarks. |
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