Social Class and Unethical Behaviour

I was interested to read current news articles referring to social class.  I came across a study online that examined social class in relation to unethical behaviour.  The article stated that it will “reveal something the well off may not want to hear” and inquires at the top of the page “come on, before you read the article, which one...”(Which social class is more likely to behave unethically, 2012).  Results indicated that individuals among those in the upper class are more likely to conduct unethical behaviour.  I thought that this was interesting to see.  I also thought that though this was a university study conducted by psychological scholars, there are racist and stereotypical inferences made.  I found it odd that they thought it was necessary to state that we were going to find something we did not want to hear making me think that they assume something I would want to hear is that low class citizens are the ones behaving unethically.  I thought it was interesting as well to see what it was they defined as high or low class citizens.  They conduct multiple studies but one of the ways to categorizing high class citizens was solely by the car they were driving.  I find this was a very limited perspective to judging people on a topic that is relatable to their identity and how to world views them.

Work Cited

Which social class is more likely to behave unethically. (2012) In Kansas city infozine. Retrieved on March 2, 2012 from http://www.infozine.com/news/infozine/50934.html