Cheating at Nascar: Who's at the wheel?"

"If you don't cheat you look like an idiot," says it all; this comment was made by one of the icons of NASCAR, Darry Waltrip, after he was caught cheating (Ramsey, 2010). NASCAR is a gigantic organization where cheating is not only rampant, it is expected. Perhaps it is because NASCAR was born in an environment of illegal activity where outsmarting the law was the only way to succeed. Today, however, there are many motivational factors that promote cheating in the organization. These factors are varied but they all eventually lead to the almighty dollar. Money is not the only reason that cheating is so pervasive in NASCAR. In fact, the culture within NASCAR is comprised of many aspects which contribute to unethical behavior. Cheating is so omnipresent throughout the organization that it will be extremely difficult to eradicate it, but not impossible....
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