I will pay for the following essay Does competition may favor unethical behavior such as cheating. The essay is to be 8 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page.Do

I will pay for the following essay Does competition may favor unethical behavior such as cheating. The essay is to be 8 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page.

Different aspects in the society dictate the kind of behaviour that people portray in society. With competition being witnessed in almost every spectrum in the society, people have been forced to use all means, including the unethical ones to gain competitive advantage or to win. For instance, it is common to see business enterprises cheating about the composition of their products or their financial status in order to enhance their competitive advantage in the market by wooing customers or investors. Another example may involve a sportsman using energy enhancing drugs in order to boost his performance on the field, or an employee cheating about his or her professional qualifications in order to secure a job. All these cheating behaviors are dictated by the societal norm of competition for success. Indeed, the society tends to value or recognize those who appear successful in one way or another more than those who are less successful, thus forcing people to cheat in order to portray themselves as successful. However, competition tends to influence emotional aspects of people negatively and may be the reason behind the gap between the successful and the less successful, more so in relation to the effort people put in achieving success. Many authors and researchers have indeed researched about the relationship of competition and unethical behavior in various social settings and produced varying results. This paper will discuss the influence of competition on unethical behavior such as cheating, especially in relation to human emotion. In most societal settings such as in business, examinations, courtrooms, and sports, cheating may be considered as a criminal offence, as it involves breaking rules that govern the society, thus justifying why cheating is done in secret. In business and schools, cheating has become a white-collar crime, where firms cheat about their financial performance in order to evade tax and students cheat in order to gain favorable grades (Friedrichs, 2009). In other instances, a firm may inflate its performance in order to portray a positive image with an intension of boosting its share’s performance in the stock market, thus attracting more investors and customers. Even with the harsh rules regulating taxation and fair business practices, firms are still cheating in order to beat competition. Indeed, according to Franzoni (2000), punishment from breaking taxation laws is meant to prevent and avert cheating on financial records, but the urge to maximize profits and build a competitive edge against competitors is more superior to the expected punishment, thus the increasing tendency for firms to cheat. Cheating is directly proportional to the level of competition such that, the higher the competition, the more likely are the chances of cheating. This is common in schools and colleges where students are ranked based on their performance in exams. When the culture of the school is to value and recognize good grades over bad grades, students feel the pressure to cheat in order to boost their grades, even with the shear knowledge that cheating is unethical.