Honest behavior: Truth-seeking, belief-speaking, and fostering understanding of the truth in others

B Cooper, TR Cohen, E Huppert… - Academy of …, 2023 - journals.aom.org
While people across the world value honesty, it is undeniable that it can sometimes pay to
be dishonest. This tension leads people to engage in complex behaviors that stretch the …

Cleansing investor's conscience: the effects of incidental guilt on socially responsible investment decisions

V Gevorkova, I Sangiorgi, J Vogt - Journal of Business Ethics, 2024 - Springer
This paper explores the effects of incidental guilt on Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)
decisions of retail investors. Do investors who feel guilty invest more in SRIs to clear their …

The Golden Mean: How Zhongyong affects environmental behaviors and the pathways

D Li, N Zhang - Environment and Behavior, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Zhongyong (golden mean) is a typical Oriental Confucius thought that addresses
interpersonal harmony and interdependence. A moderated mediating model was used in …

[HTML][HTML] Does personal experience with COVID-19 impact investment decisions? Evidence from a survey of US retail investors

CE Niculaescu, I Sangiorgi, AR Bell - International Review of Financial …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper explores the link between personal experience with COVID-19 and US retail
investors' financial decision-making during the first COVID-19 wave. Do retail investors that …

Agency Costs of Moral Accounting in Hierarchical Relationships

C Hörner - SSRN Electronic Journal, 0 [10.2139/ssrn. 3228425], 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Agents may spend firm resources on activities that have moral connotations (eg, ESG or
charitable donations) not because they expect financial benefits but to compensate for prior …