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Did you know people may lie to appear to be  honest ? Hmm.  Who do we know who might do that (or maybe just lie because they're breathing)?  It's the same person who always says, "Honestly," then follows it with a lie. Anyway, a new study has discovered that p eople may lie to appear honest if events that turned out in their favor seem too good to be true, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association, as reported by newswise.com.  “Many people care greatly about their reputation and how they will be judged by others, and a concern about appearing honest may outweigh our desire to actually be honest, even in situations where it will cost us money to lie,” the web site quotes lead researcher Shoham Choshen-Hillel, PhD, a senior lecturer at the School of Business Administration and Center for the Study of Rationality at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  “Our findings suggest that when people obtain extremely favorable o...

Want to know a scary secret?  You may have a propensity for hiring liars. When it comes time to negotiating a big sale, it turns out we tolerate people stretching the truth , and even expect it, according to newswise.com. New research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business finds that the ability to deceive is viewed as a sign of competence in jobs that require selling. Chicago Booth Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science  Emma Levine  and Johns Hopkins University’s Brian Gunia find that people don’t always disapprove of deception . In fact, they perceive the ability to deceive as an asset in occupations that are stereotyped as high in “selling orientation.” “Deception, in the form of fraud , embezzling, and corruption, costs the economy a great deal of money and undermines the economy’s underlying moral fabric,” Gunia and Levine explain at the site. “Companies expose themselves to greater risk by hiring deceivers.” In two pilot studies, the ...