In the last part of the book, Ariely uncovers that even the most honest of us cheat given the ideal circumstances, but by just a bit. What Ariely observed after conducting various experiments with MIT students is that when given the opportunity to cheat on a test, their average scores were slightly inflated, "When the students were given the opportunity to cheat without being able to shred their papers, they increased their correct answers from 32.6 to 36.2. But when they were offered the chance to shred their papers—hiding their little crime completely—they didn't push their dishonesty farther," (Ariely).

Ariely further makes us think about how dishonesty is extrapolated into the business world. Rarely would you see day crimes and theft with items of monetary value at organizations, but does that mean they are perfectly honest either? Most likely not. Even if we think we are, more often than not, there are some levels of cheating, such as shady accounting practices.