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Ashley Madison Inspired Study Linking Infidelity and Workplace Misconduct

Earlier this month, Netflix debuted a new series documenting the business model and scandal related to the data breach of the Ashley Madison website, known for facilitating extramarital affairs. With the provocative slogan “Life is short. Have an affair,” Ashley Madison promises discretion to its users. However, a 2015 hack exposed the data of 36 million users, including one million paid accounts from the United States.

Following the breach, researchers scrutinized the rich dataset from the infamous Ashley Madison website. In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin revealed a striking connection between personal infidelity and professional misconduct. The study, conducted by finance faculty members John M. Griffin and Samuel Kruger, alongside Gonzalo Maturana of Emory University, demonstrates that individuals who cheat on their spouses are significantly more likely to engage in unethical behavior at work.

Self-care September | 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Getting Into a Relationship

It wasn’t that I didn’t want a partner ever again—I very much love being in (good) relationships. It was that I was truly enjoying the experience of living as though I was enough instead of buying into the belief that because I didn’t have a partner, there was something off-putting, wrong, or unattractive about me. It took some time to get used to, as all habits do, but I wouldn’t give that time up for anything.

Here are the questions that were born from my happily single and exploratory years. I use them with my design clients, friends, and even myself.