Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

CEOs engage in more corporate misconduct – in this case, stock option backdating – when macroeconomic conditions are prosperous. • CEOs who first entered the workforce in a prosperous economy are more likely to engage in misconduct.

Publication Date

2018

Source

Bianchi, E.C., & Mohliver, A. (2016). Do good times breed cheats? Prosperous times have immediate and lasting implications for CEO misconduct. Organization Science, 27(6): 1488-1503.

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

© 2018, University of South Carolina

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Business Commons

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