Substance abuse and workplace fraud: evidence from physicians
We examine the relation between worker substance abuse and workplace fraud in a sample of medical doctors. Relative to their peers, we observe that doctors engaging in substance abuse are between 50 and 100 times more likely to commit fraud in a given year. This result is consistent with research su...
Published in: | Journal of business ethics |
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Authors: | ; ; |
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2023
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Journal of business ethics
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Further subjects: | B
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B Impulsivity B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift B Delay discounting B Fraud B Substance Abuse |
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Summary: | We examine the relation between worker substance abuse and workplace fraud in a sample of medical doctors. Relative to their peers, we observe that doctors engaging in substance abuse are between 50 and 100 times more likely to commit fraud in a given year. This result is consistent with research suggesting that substance abuse both creates financial pressures and impairs the functioning of cognitive self-regulatory mechanisms. Our results are robust in within-subject tests and between-subject tests, as well as in tests using instrumental variables that exploit exogenous variation in the state-level availability of opioids, a commonly abused substance. |
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ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10551-022-05065-6 |