CNBC to Premiere DISHONESTY: THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES, Today

A CNBC co-production, "DISHONESTY: THE TRUTH ABOUT LIES" will premiere on Thursday, MAY 28 AT 10PM ET/PT

There are liars and cheaters all around us. From little white lies to extraordinary acts of criminal deceit, this fascinating new CNBC documentary examines this darker side of the human character, and our culture, through first-person accounts from five people who explain with startling candor how their lies lead to disastrous results: a Wall Street trader and a lawyer who run an insider trading scheme that lands them in prison; a disgraced NBA referee, convicted of betting illegally on games; an unhappily married woman in Florida who goes online to cheat on her husband; and a senior manager caught cooking the books at a major corporation. All of them rationalized their behavior and somehow came to believe their acts were justified.

Woven throughout these gripping stories of deceit are clever laboratory experiments conducted by the noted behavioral economist and best-selling author Dan Ariely. Along with a team of researchers, he reveals why so many of us lie in big ways or small, how we can still feel we're essentially honest despite our duplicity, and what we can do to stem an epidemic of cheating that costs us billions in fraud and even more in the erosion of public trust.

Preview clips:

The Inside Traders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5AUpsvKleo

Garrett Bauer and Matthew Kluger were arrested in 2011 for an insider trading scheme that lasted 17 years. Here's how it began. Dishonesty: The Truth About Lies Premieres Thursday, May 28 at 10p ET/PT

Hi-Tech Infidelity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82AaqYD-T-I

Erika Nelson, a mother of 6, used a dating website that caters to married people to start an extra-marital relationship. Dishonesty: The Truth About Lies Premieres Thursday, May 28 at 10p ET/PT

SCANDAL in the NBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOjPbBlH6vQ

NBA referee Tim Donaghy used inside information to bet on games. He got so good at it that the mob made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Dishonesty: The Truth About Lies Premieres Thursday, May 28 at 10p ET/PT

Cooking the Books

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCbPQ6RGou4

Ex-con Walt Pavlo describes his role in MCI's accounting scandal. Dishonesty: The Truth About Lies Premieres Thursday, May 28 at 10p ET/PT

The Fudge Factor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1jVvQbvZLQ

How do we lie and then sleep at night? Behavioral economist Dan Ariely says it's all about rationalization -- what he calls "The Fudge Factor." Dishonesty: The Truth About Lies Premieres Thursday, May 28 at 10p ET/PT

The Matrix Experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMBR261CAN8

We all lie to some extent. Duke professor Dan Ariely uses his innovative matrix experiment to find out how much and under what conditions. Dishonesty: The Truth About Lies Premieres Thursday, May 28 at 10p ET/PT

Do Bankers Cheat Twice As Much?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7MvCvMsHFI

Duke professor Dan Ariely says the 2008 financial meltdown was a perfect storm of dishonesty. Dishonesty: The Truth About Lies Premieres Thursday, May 28 at 10p ET/PT

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