Prof. Painter's Work on Psychology of Cover-ups Cited by Denver Business Journal

Professor Richard Painter's prior research on legal and ethical risk-taking by decision makers experiencing a "loss frame"—a choice between two bad alternatives—in business or government was cited by the Denver Business Journal. Discussing the psychology of cover-ups, the article stated: "Why do we have this pattern of bad, risky decisions? The answer may be that this pattern is deeply imbedded in human behavior. There's research to support the contention. It's cited by no less an authority on cover-ups than John Dean, the former counsel to President Richard Nixon and the administration member who finally blew the whistle on Watergate. Writing recently on the legal website Justia.com, Dean cited the work of law professor Richard W. Painter, himself a former counsel to a president, George W. Bush."