Why Do People Cheat and Still Feel Good About Themselves?

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Question: Why do people cheat and still feel good about themselves? Answer: People cheat to make them look better than others, people cheat so that they could retrieve what benefits them the most, or people look for their own best of interests in most of the time. People cheat for various reasons and I think this is part of the human nature. Over the centuries, we have seen cheating and heard lies almost everyday. Cheating and lies could come from politics, clients, suppliers, or someone whom you are very closed to, and ultimately, most of the cheating and lies can be considered to the utilitarianism. Quoted my own speech on the chair manufacturer case during the class, when the buyers were looking for the best price over quality, and yet there are also federal quality protocols to follow with, we as the manufacturer faces dilemmas. On one hand are the orders to process, and on the other hand is the profit manufacturer has to maintain. From the perspective of the manufacturer, we have to consider any possible solution to bring down the cost in terms of cutting down the cost, increasing the production efficiency, maximizing the material usage availability, decreasing the wastage and etc. Eventually, if we still could not maintain the profit under company policy by executing the above mentioned, we would be forced to downgrade the material quality that we will be using for production. This is the last step a manufacturer is likely to execute. However, speaking of the quality protocols, there are tolerance within certain range. For example, the thickness of the leather that goes onto the surface of the chair is 1.2mm+/-0.2mm and we would go for the thickness of 1.0mm. This is a very common trick in the industry to decrease cost. Intrinsically, the buyers are happy with the price and the manufacturer is able to maintain the profit. Most importantly, the quality

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