HarperCollins The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty by Dan Ariely

The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty by Dan Ariely explores cheating, deception and willpower through behavioural economics and psychology. This HarperCollins title is presented as a researched, insight-led work by an internationally bestselling author.

Key details

• Author: Dan Ariely
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Focuses on cheating, deception and willpower
• Examines how people rationalise dishonest behaviour
• Considers how dishonesty can spread within groups and organisations

Synopsis

Dan Ariely investigates why people cheat and how deception can be justified to ourselves and to others. He looks at the ways individuals can become “wishfully blind” to what is obvious, and asks what influences willpower.

The book also considers how dishonest behaviour may be picked up from others, and how wider environments can enable wrongdoing to be overlooked. Alongside these questions, Ariely addresses whether dishonesty is innate and what it might mean to be successful while remaining completely honest.