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Everyone Knows It's a Hoax: The Role of Perceived Descriptive Norms in Conspiracy Beliefs

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT People's belief in conspiracy theories is shaped by social influence processes. This contribution investigated these processes in six studies (total N = 2906) by examining the role of descriptive norms, that is, the perception that others endorse conspiracy theories.
Jan‐Willem van Prooijen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling power, or why social science's task is explanation

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This short essay contends that sociology should devote attention to causal explanation in order to expose lies. It argues that lies about causes are common in society and social science is in a unique privileged position to offer social knowledge that can dispel such lies. Offering causal explanations is a vital task of this project.
Julian Go
wiley   +1 more source

PREREQUISITES OF FORMATION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION BEHAVIOR MOTIVATION

open access: yesRussian Journal of Economics and Law, 2011
The article views issues related to the psychological prerequisites of formation of corruption and anti-corruption behavior motivations of the Russian Federation public officials.
R. O. Dolotov
doaj  

The Civic Duty to Report Crime and Corruption

open access: yesLes Ateliers de l’Ethique, 2014
Is the civic duty to report crime and corruption a genuine moral duty? After clarifying the nature of the duty, I consider a couple of negative answers to the question, and turn to an attractive and commonly held view, according to which this civic duty ...
Candice Delmas
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking the Penalty of Illicit Enrichment Crime in Ethiopia: Lessons from Comparative Analysis

open access: yesHasanuddin Law Review, 2020
The crime of illicit enrichment has been widely accepted as a useful mechanism for curbing corruption, both international and regional anti-corruption instruments.
Diriba Adugna Tulu
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Cultural and Individual Differences in the Hierarchy of Moral Concern: Evidence From Student Samples Across 41 Cultural Groups

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many important historical and contemporary ethical debates (e.g., on slavery, abortion and environmental protection) reflect disagreements about what we owe to different groups of individuals. Recent work in moral psychology has uncovered a seemingly replicable hierarchy of moral concern, but these studies were conducted in a few countries ...
Işıl Ayça Akkuş   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

PENITENTIARY CORRUPTION: CRIMINOLOGICAL AND PENAL ASPECTS

open access: yesТеоретическая и прикладная юриспруденция, 2022
The article discusses the features of corruption crime in places of detention. The subjects of corruption relations in the penitentiary sphere are shown. The problems of prevention and combating penitentiary corruption are presented.
L. B. Smirnov
doaj   +1 more source

Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Money Laundering and Corruption

open access: yesYurisdiksi: Jurnal Wacana Hukum dan Sains, 2020
Crime is a term that contains a basic understanding in the science of law, as a term formed with awareness in giving certain characteristics to criminal law events. Money laundering or money laundering as a crime has been the focus of attention since the
Reda Manthovani
doaj  

The Impact of Economic Growth on Insurance (Growth)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of economic growth on insurance (growth), focusing on the outflow side of the insurance activity, as captured by benefits (including commissions and expenses). The findings provide evidence that economic growth does exert a positive, statistically significant impact on the benefit side of insurance (growth ...
Nicholas Apergis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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