Not Exactly News.....

[Minimalist]

Bankers are crooks.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vao...13977.html

Our results thus suggest that the prevailing business culture in the banking industry weakens and undermines the honesty norm, implying that measures to re-establish an honest culture are very important.

I don't know if it is worth buying access to the article for that. Bertold Brecht said it best:

"What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?"

[Tonus]

Heh. "The prevailing business culture in the banking industry weakens and undermines the honesty norm."

Looks like the prevailing business culture in the periodical industry weakens and undermines the intestinal fortitude norm.

[safa100]

I think, it is not a confirm news but you can read some news related this from here [snip]

[Nope]

However, when their professional identity as bank employees is rendered salient, a significant proportion of them become dishonest. This effect is specific to bank employees because control experiments with employees from other industries and with students show that they do not become more dishonest when their professional identity or bank-related items are rendered salient.

This will probably make me sound stupid. I thought that salient meant most important feature. I am confused how the word is being used in the above sentence. Is it saying that bank employees who identify the most with their jobs are the more dishonest then other types of employees?

[vorlon13]

Bankers are crooks.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vao...13977.html

Our results thus suggest that the prevailing business culture in the banking industry weakens and undermines the honesty norm, implying that measures to re-establish an honest culture are very important.

I don't know if it is worth buying access to the article for that. Bertold Brecht said it best:

"What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?"

How about a corollary:

What is filching from the collection plate compared to the founding of your own religion ?

[robvalue]

Oh no you didn't!

[Thumpalumpacus]

However, when their professional identity as bank employees is rendered salient, a significant proportion of them become dishonest. This effect is specific to bank employees because control experiments with employees from other industries and with students show that they do not become more dishonest when their professional identity or bank-related items are rendered salient.

This will probably make me sound stupid. I thought that salient meant most important feature. I am confused how the word is being used in the above sentence. Is it saying that bank employees who identify the most with their jobs are the more dishonest then other types of employees?

It strikes me that way as well, and would seem to be poor writing for the confusion it is causing. Simpler sometimes is better.