“…This process may lead even honest people to engage in minor dishonesty and at the same time remain unaware (i.e., ethically blind) of the moral repercussions of their actions (Banaji, Bazerman, & Chugh, 2003; Palazzo, Krings, & Hoffrage, 2012). On the other hand, the self‐concept maintenance theory postulates that ambiguous contexts drive attention toward tempting information and provide flexible self‐serving justifications for misbehaving especially when one engages in minor dishonesty (Bassarak et al, 2017; Mazar, Amir, & Ariely, 2008; Pittarello, Leib, Gordon‐Hecker, & Shalvi, 2015; Shalvi, Gino, Barkan, & Ayal, 2015). These theories provide plausible explanations for minor dishonesty and emphasize the importance of ambiguity (Dana, Weber, & Kuang, 2007).…”