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5 - Cognitive Dissonance, Ethical Behavior, and Bribery

from Part II - Moral Cognition and Bribery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2017

Philip M. Nichols
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
Diana C. Robertson
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
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Thinking about Bribery
Neuroscience, Moral Cognition and the Psychology of Bribery
, pp. 85 - 102
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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