335. Does Doing Good Give You License to Be Bad?

Corporate Social Responsibility programs can attract better job applicants who'll work for less money. But they also encourage employees to misbehave. Don't laugh — you too probably engage in “moral licensing,” even if you don't know it.

Episode 335 of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, titled "335. Does Doing Good Give You License to Be Bad?" was published on May 17, 2018 and runs 36 minutes.

May 17, 2018 ·36m · Freakonomics Radio

Summary

Corporate Social Responsibility programs can attract better job applicants who'll work for less money. But they also encourage employees to misbehave. Don't laugh — you too probably engage in “moral licensing,” even if you don't know it.

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