The Dishonesty of Honest People: A Theory of Self-Concept Maintenance

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There was a TV series about Dishonesty on CNBC. A CNBC Co-Production, "Dishonesty: The Truth About Lies" Will Premiere on May 28 at 10PM ET
DISHONESTY: THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES
There are liars and cheaters all around us. From little white lies to extraordinary acts of criminal deceit, this fascinating new CNBC documentary examines this darker side of the human character, and our culture, through first-person accounts from five people who explain with startling candor how their lies lead to disastrous results: a Wall Street trader and a lawyer who run an insider trading scheme that lands them in prison; a disgraced NBA referee, convicted of betting illegally on games; an unhappily married woman in Florida who goes online to cheat on her husband; and a senior manager caught cooking the books at a major corporation. All of them rationalized their behavior and somehow came to believe their acts were justified.
Woven throughout these gripping stories of deceit are clever laboratory experiments conducted by the noted behavioral economist and best-selling author Dan Ariely. Along with a team of researchers, he reveals why so many of us lie in big ways or small, how we can still feel we're essentially honest despite our duplicity, and what we can do to stem an epidemic of cheating that costs us billions in fraud and even more in the erosion of public trust.

A CNBC Co-Production, "Dishonesty: The Truth About Lies" Will Premiere on May 28 at 10PM ET

 

[renuka]

I dont think anyone is 100% honest in this world...there is always something that we hide from anyone or everyone.

Its just a natural process to go about in life for survival of self.

Even if observe a child at the tender age of 3-4..there are some "dishonest" tactics used by them too in a playful manner.

So I feel its part of evolution that self comes first before anything else.

As long as our hidden "dishonesty" does not cause harm to anyone directly or indirectly I feel there shouldn't be a problem.

But we should not cheat ourselves by claiming to be honest when we might have some secrets that no one ever knows..so just go on with life without having to call ourselves Honest or Dishonest. Why define ourselves and create more lies..silence is always the best answer to most unanswerable questions.