Quand une influence minoritaire suffit à rendre plus tolérant à la fraude: Une étude expérimentale au sein de petits groupes

Abstract

This paper studies minority influence on individual tolerance to certain instances of fraud. Using an experimental approach, we divided 100 students from a business school into 25 groups and compared the individual trajectory of each group according to whether they were in a group composed of only fraud-intolerant individuals (control), in a group with one fraud-tolerant individual (minority), or in a group with two fraud-tolerant individuals (equality). Our results indicate that individual fraud tolerance increases significantly after a group discussion in which only one more fraud-tolerant individual participates, demonstrating the magnitude of the minority influence on the trajectory of individuals who were initially fraud intolerant.