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- Cheating, Corruption, and Concealment
- Cheating, Corruption, and Concealment
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- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Cheating, corruption, and concealment
- Part I Motivations for dishonesty
- Part II Justifying dishonesty
- Part III Influences on dishonesty
- Part IV Reducing dishonesty
- Book part
- Index
- References
Part II - Justifying dishonesty
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- Cheating, Corruption, and Concealment
- Cheating, Corruption, and Concealment
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Cheating, corruption, and concealment
- Part I Motivations for dishonesty
- Part II Justifying dishonesty
- Part III Influences on dishonesty
- Part IV Reducing dishonesty
- Book part
- Index
- References
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- Cheating, Corruption, and ConcealmentThe Roots of Dishonesty, pp. 73 - 148Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016
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