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CEOs Who Cheat on Spouse Twice as Likely to Cheat at Work, Study Shows

25 points by known 7y ago

awestley 7y ago
TL;DR: Cheaters gonna cheat.
- dkersten 7y ago
  I suppose it could be generalised as "people who cheat on one thing are twice as likely to cheat on a different thing too", or to quote the article directly: "Our study indicates cheating in one context carries over to cheating in others".
i_am_nomad 7y ago
This study also, unintentionally, correlates cheating at work with stupidity. Anyone who thought they would find actual women on Ashley Madison was deluded about male-female dynamics in the real world and clearly didn’t understand women. And, anyone who gave a “service” like that personally identifying information was just a fool.
- deleted 7y ago
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LukeWalsh 7y ago
This is the study: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/07/29/1905329116 https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/07/29/1905329116
mensetmanusman 7y ago
Would be interesting if this is ever used by a board to oust a CEO: “We are reducing the likelihood of future errors by removing you”
- uasm 7y ago
  > “We are reducing the likelihood of future errors by removing you” It's discriminatory. I doubt this would be legal.
  - mensetmanusman 7y ago
    Every decision is a discrimination of an alternative decision.
    - uasm 7y ago
      > "Every decision is a discrimination of an alternative decision." Let's put aside the whole "at-will employment" (which I doubt applies to CEOs) discussion. You can't fire someone for cheating on their partner. People are allowed to have personal lives, and they are allowed to make personal mistakes. If you could fire people for cheating on their partner, why stop at cheating when there are so many other personal life choices/factors that could "put the company at risk"?
_aleph2c_ 7y ago
TL;DR: A CEO who is dumb enough to get caught cheating on his spouse, is twice as likely the do the dumb things needed to get caught cheating at work.
ikeyany 7y ago
The study says all of the information is publicly available. Where can I find the Ashley Madison data, and how can it be verified?
- vincent-toups 7y ago
  There was a big, high profile leak.
neilv 7y ago
1 day ago: "CEOs Who Cheat in Bedroom Will Cheat in Boardroom: Study (bloomberg.com)": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20656992 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20656992
sidcool 7y ago
The business of business is messy. Capitalism will forgive most ethical or even criminal misadventures of it yields profits. That's not capitalism's fault, it's just how humans operate.

25 points by known 7y ago

awestley 7y ago

TL;DR: Cheaters gonna cheat.

dkersten 7y ago
I suppose it could be generalised as "people who cheat on one thing are twice as likely to cheat on a different thing too", or to quote the article directly: "Our study indicates cheating in one context carries over to cheating in others".

i_am_nomad 7y ago

This study also, unintentionally, correlates cheating at work with stupidity. Anyone who thought they would find actual women on Ashley Madison was deluded about male-female dynamics in the real world and clearly didn’t understand women. And, anyone who gave a “service” like that personally identifying information was just a fool.

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LukeWalsh 7y ago

This is the study: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/07/29/1905329116 https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/07/29/1905329116

mensetmanusman 7y ago

Would be interesting if this is ever used by a board to oust a CEO: “We are reducing the likelihood of future errors by removing you”

uasm 7y ago
> “We are reducing the likelihood of future errors by removing you” It's discriminatory. I doubt this would be legal.
- mensetmanusman 7y ago
  Every decision is a discrimination of an alternative decision.
  - uasm 7y ago
    > "Every decision is a discrimination of an alternative decision." Let's put aside the whole "at-will employment" (which I doubt applies to CEOs) discussion. You can't fire someone for cheating on their partner. People are allowed to have personal lives, and they are allowed to make personal mistakes. If you could fire people for cheating on their partner, why stop at cheating when there are so many other personal life choices/factors that could "put the company at risk"?

_aleph2c_ 7y ago

TL;DR: A CEO who is dumb enough to get caught cheating on his spouse, is twice as likely the do the dumb things needed to get caught cheating at work.

ikeyany 7y ago

The study says all of the information is publicly available. Where can I find the Ashley Madison data, and how can it be verified?

vincent-toups 7y ago
There was a big, high profile leak.

neilv 7y ago

1 day ago: "CEOs Who Cheat in Bedroom Will Cheat in Boardroom: Study (bloomberg.com)": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20656992 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20656992

sidcool 7y ago

The business of business is messy. Capitalism will forgive most ethical or even criminal misadventures of it yields profits. That's not capitalism's fault, it's just how humans operate.