Ethics and Values / Unit 3 Ethics 130 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Prisoner's Dilemma
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The idea
A prisoner's dilemma is a situation in which each party's individually rational choice leaves both parties worse off than mutual cooperation would have.
In practice
Two partners can each shade the books for advantage. Each gains by shading whatever the other does — and two shaded ledgers sink the firm.
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