Dan Ariely

Explores the question of dishonesty from Washington to Wall Street, and the classroom to the workplace, to examine why cheating is so prevalent and what can be done to prevent it.

How We Lie to Everyone---Especially Ourselves

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty

Ufuk Safak

I actually listened to the audiobook of it and it was a summary of the book. It took 4 hours to listen to it all.
It has stunning social experiments and results with clear explanations about human behavior.
To summarize in one sentence, we are all liars in different levels and aspects.

Rohit Arondekar

My rating and review reflect more on my state while reading the book rather than the book itself. I was in a rough patch in terms of reading habit and had fallen behind and become inconsistent with my reading. I had already checked out the book from the library and due to personal reasons couldn't return it. 

I ended up forcing my self to read the book. It's written well but is formulaic and repetitive. There are some interesting insights which I've found useful and patterns I've started observing, both in my self and others. Maybe I'll read the book again and revisit my rating.

Ahmed Salem

المواضيع الموجودة في الكتاب مهمة. لا أستطيع ان اقرأ و اسمع هذا الكتاب الا و انا اتخيل نفسي في نقاش مع شخص من داعمي فريق "المشكلة فينا". هل تعرف شخص ينتمي لهذا الفريق ؟

عند مناقشة اي مشكلة مجتمعية، ينبري هذا الفريق بالقاء اللوم على الناس و ليس على السلطة المنظمة للمجتمع. أثناء عرض المحتوى، يؤكد هذا الكتاب اننا عرضة للفساد حتى لو كنا نتمتع بأخلاق الأنبياء من دون ان ندري 

يورد الكاتب نكتة تعرض الموضوع بشكل واضح:
ابن سرق قلم زميله في الفصل، يعاتبه الأب في المنزل. يصرخ في وجهه: لماذا فعلت هذا؟ هل انا احرمك من شيء؟! لماذا لم تخبرني باحتياجك للقلم و كنت أحضرت لك 10 أقلام من مكتبي؟

انت لا تدرك دائما الفساد الذي انت فيه. 

الحكومة و المؤسسات التي تعمل بكفاءة و نزاهة، قادرة على انتشال مجتمع كانل من الفساد، او على الأقل الحد منه.

هناك تجربة مثيرة أوردها الكتاب: اذا وضعت الناس في ظروف محكمة تدفعهم للفساد و الغش، سيذهبون الى هذا الطريق. لكن سيحاولون فعل ذلك بطريقة لا تؤذي "صورتهم الاجتماعية" ... هذا مهم جدا عند الناس .

John Elbing

I like Dan Ariely's curiosity, open mind, his data-based approach and his direct style.

The (honest) truth about dishonesty is a fascinating read, challenging our intuitive ideas about who, when and why we all cheat. It is a little bit scarry and sad.

We are pulled between our desire to gain (by cheating) and our image of ourselves as "good" people. The "fudge factor" helps us reconcile them through (obvious) rationalisations.

We cheat for personal gain, but also to help others. Cheating is contagious, through changes in our perceived social norms. There are a few "tricks" to reduce cheating, moral reminders for example. But basically, it's pretty bad.

Understanding what is going on is a first step, but there is no silver bullet...

Good read. On a personal level, but also for managers, teachers and people in other professional settings.

garima mamgain

The book is my first in the genre of behavorial sciences. 
Dan Ariely speaks about how we justify dishonesty, fudge factor involved while speaking the whole truth etc. Some of the examples such as the golfer's honesty, grandmother's dying closer to exams etc are interesting and very relatable. 
But the experiments on human behavior get very repetitive, completing this book then does become a little difficult. All those who loves books on human psychology should definitely read it.

Magdalene Lim

Social psychology is fun to read about and this book which focuses on lying does not disappoint. It was interesting to see which factors influence one's likelihood to cheat. Some findings seem obvious while others are surprising. 

Two things stood out to me. One, that creative people are more likely to cheat because they can self-rationalize better and two, that of the 98574293742 who read this book, not many are going to put it into practice because it's kinda difficult and troublesome. I tried thinking of how to reduce cheating in a classroom but couldn't come up with any solutions. Maybe, that's just me.

One of things that influence your likelihood to cheat is whether you have been primed with religious codes/moral codes or stuff that reminds you that it's wrong to cheat. Well just after reading this book, I was told I had won a prize for a headline I did not come up with. Well, what do you think I did? :p

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Emily Ortiz

The New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality returns with a thought-provoking work that challenges our preconceptions about dishonesty and urges us to take an honest look at ourselves. Does the chance of getting caught affect how likely we are to cheat? How do companies pave the way for dishonesty? Does collaboration make us more or less honest? Does religion improve our honesty? Most of us think of ourselves as honest, but, in fact, we all cheat. From Washington to Wall Street, the classroom to the workplace, unethical behavior is everywhere. None of us is immune, whether it's a white lie to head off trouble or padding our expense reports. In The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, award-winning, bestselling author Dan Ariely shows why some things are easier to lie about than others; how getting caught matters less than we think in whether we cheat; and how business practices pave the way for unethical behavior, both intentionally and unintentionally. Ariely explores how unethical behavior works in the personal, professional, and political worlds, and how it affects all of us, even as we think of ourselves as having high moral standards. But all is not lost. Ariely also identifies what keeps us honest, pointing the way for achieving higher ethics in our everyday lives. With compelling personal and academic findings, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty will change the way we see ourselves, our actions, and others.

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty How We Lie to Everyone---Especially Ourselves

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