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The Impact of Monitoring and Sanctions on Cheating: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia

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  • Insaf Békir
  • Sana El. Harbi
  • Gilles Grolleau
  • Naoufel Mzoughi
  • Angela Sutan

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Using a laboratory experiment in a developing country (Tunisia, North Africa), we investigate whether the level of monitoring and both the nature (monetary versus moral) and magnitude of sanctions influence cheating levels. Our findings show that the introduction of weak monetary sanctions and monitoring is likely to increase cheating. However, a perfect monitoring is found to decrease the level of cheating. Moreover, when combined with a perfect monitoring, moral sanctions matter and may be even more effective than strong monetary sanctions in reducing cheating. We draw some policy implications regarding cheating in various domains.
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  • Insaf Békir & Sana El. Harbi & Gilles Grolleau & Naoufel Mzoughi & Angela Sutan, 2016. "The Impact of Monitoring and Sanctions on Cheating: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 37(7), pages 461-473, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:mgtdec:v:37:y:2016:i:7:p:461-473
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    1. Gilles Grolleau & Murat Mungan & Naoufel Mzoughi, 2022. "Letting Offenders Choose Their Own Punishment ?," Post-Print hal-03694337, HAL.
    2. Taslima Jannat & Syed Shah Alam & Yi-Hui Ho & Nor Asiah Omar & Chieh-Yu Lin, 2022. "Can Corporate Ethics Programs Reduce Unethical Behavior? Threat Appraisal or Coping Appraisal," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 176(1), pages 37-53, February.
    3. Gilles Grolleau & Murat C. Mungan & Naoufel Mzoughi, 2022. "Letting offenders choose their punishment?," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 75(4), pages 607-617, November.

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