How Could You be so Gullible? Scams and Over-Trust in Organizations

Trust is a key ingredient of business activities. Scams are spectacular betrayals of trust. When the victim is a powerful organization that does not look vulnerable at first sight, we can suspect that this organization has developed an excessive trust, or over-trust. In this article, we take over-tr...

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Authors: Laroche, Hervé (Author) ; Steyer, Véronique (Author) ; Théron, Christelle (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2019
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 160, Issue: 3, Pages: 641-656
Further subjects:B Case study
B Scams
B Gullibility
B Trust
B Secrecy
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