When the cat’s away, some mice will play: A basic trait account of dishonest behavior

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Objections to the HEXACO Model of Personality Structure—and why those Objections Fail (2020, background): “This theoretical distinction is borne out empirically in economic games research: Honesty-Humility predicts giving in the dictator game, whereas (HEXACO) Agreeableness predicts acceptance of unfair offers in the ultimatum game; Big Five Agreeableness is a weaker predictor of each (e.g. Hilbig et al.”
Preferences for Truth‐Telling (2016, background): “1D2 Hilbig and Zettler 2015 * 4 342 Germany multiple asy.”
Trust: An Integrative Review from a Person–Situation Perspective (2015, background): “Specifically, research found that low levels of Honesty-Humility predicted cheating (Hershfield, Cohen, & Thompson, 2012; Hilbig & Zettler, 2015), immoral behavior (Hilbig, Moshagen, & Zettler, 2015), and unethical business practices (Ashton & Lee, 2008b; Cohen et al., 2014; Lee, Ashton, Morrison,…”
Who lies? A large-scale reanalysis linking basic personality traits to unethical decision making (2018, methodology): “Moreover, five of the studies measured the Big Five using the NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI; Costa &McCrae, 1992).3 The total sample size across these studies amounted to N = 5,002 responses from 4,855 partic- samples were collected by different research groups at different universities and tha”