tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post8220026836012659386..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: Collectivism promotes briberyDeric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-73342883039336362192011-08-04T10:07:47.435-05:002011-08-04T10:07:47.435-05:00sorry, the link is now there. I can send the whol...sorry, the link is now there. I can send the whole article if you wish.Deric Bowndshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-27946703977231356872011-08-04T02:22:56.776-05:002011-08-04T02:22:56.776-05:00You did not provide a link, so hard to evaluate, b...You did not provide a link, so hard to evaluate, but offhand I'd ask: "Cannot an interpretation be that collectivist cultures, with general higher levels of shared responsibility (nobody would do such a thing!), paradoxically allow individualists (with low senses of responsibility for their actions- 'I'm getting filthy rich, why should I care about how much I'm polluting the atmosphere?') to bribe more and get away with it easier?"<br /><br />More broadly, I'd question the whole enterprise of characterizing societies by one indicator, and then saying any behaviors correlated with that indicator are likely "caused" by it (correlation implies causation in the mind of the reader, everyone knows). <br /><br />Moreover, I'd be willing to bet the authors's think of themselves as individualists, and I wouldn't be surprised that research findings are strongly biased by author self-image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com