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How does someone become corrupt?

We tend to think of the descent into corruption as a slippery slope where people do one small thing wrong and then gradually it gets more serious. But psychologists in the Netherlands have discovered that people are more likely to engage in corruption when there鈥檚 a big reward and a sudden opportunity. Nils Kobis from the University of Amsterdam explains his research.

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