Forget about hard work. Many of today's teenagers believe they have to lie and cheat to succeed, according to a new ethics survey.
In today's world, you have to break some rules if you want to stay ahead, according to nearly 40 percent of teenagers who took the 2007 online survey for Junior Achievement and Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, an accounting firm. That means plagiarizing and cheating to make good grades, lying when necessary and stealing when you're short on cash, the teens said.
Junior Achievement spokeswoman Stephanie Bell called the teens' attitudes "absolutely alarming." Other experts feared what the findings could mean for the future....