Turns out money DOES change a person--and not for the better. Looking at the results of a new study, Laci explains just how awful people can be when they've got cash-filled pockets.
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Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
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"Seven studies using experimental and naturalistic methods reveal that upper-class individuals behave more unethically than lower-class individuals."
Social Class, Contextualism, and Empathic Accuracy
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"Recent research suggests that lower-class individuals favor explanations of personal and political outcomes that are oriented to features of the external environment."
Having Less, Giving More: The Influence of Social Class on Prosocial Behavior
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"The degree to which those who enjoy abundant resources should act altruistically toward others is a contentious issue within moral frameworks and political philosophies."
The Charitable-Giving Divide
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"The problem is that the exceptional philanthropy of the superwealthy few doesn't apply to the many more people defined as rich in the current debate over the Bush tax cuts — individuals earning over $200,000 and couples with revenues over $250,000."
Why Those Who Feel They Have Less Give More
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"What is it that wealth does to people? On Thursday's Making Sen$e segment, Paul Solman traveled to the University of California, Berkeley, to examine the connection between wealth and happiness."
Upper class people more likely to cheat: study
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"The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe -- as did Gordon Gekko in the movie "Wall Street" -- that "greed is good," according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley."
Rich people less empathetic than the poor: study
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"The depiction of the rich and cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol" is backed up with scientific evidence, according to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley."
What Price Will We Pay for Greed?
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"'Greed is good,' Gordon Gekko trumpeted in the movie Wall Street. And don't the past few years provide plenty of evidence for that assertion? But while popular stereotypes often depict poor people as the most likely to lie and steal, new research shows that it's actually the wealthy who tend to behave unethically."
Upper Class People More Likely to Behave Unethically
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"A series of studies conducted by psychologists at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Toronto in Canada reveal something the well off may not want to hear. Individuals who are relatively high in social class are more likely to engage in a variety of unethical behaviors."
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