According to Geis and Moon (1981), Machiavellianism traits are self-beneficial behaviors, lack of empathy, deception and interpersonal manipulation (Jakobwitz and Egan 2006; Furtner et al. 2011).
Sharon's acid wit and lack of self-deception make this painful story strangely enjoyable, but so far the reader may have the smug sense of being ahead of the game.
The lack of photos makes deception much easier, so beware.
The difference is that SEC guidelines about materiality relate to misstatement or lack of disclosure that creates deception.
Collective self-deception is distinct from other forms of collective false belief such as might result from deception or lack of evidence insofar as the false belief issues from the agents' own self-deceptive mechanisms (however these are construed), not the absence of evidence to the contrary or presence of misinformation.
"The politics, the deception, the lack of concern for not only the children in the past, but for children today".
Jon Snow is a good man and would sacrifice anything for the benefit of Westeros, sure, but he's often shown a lack of political prowess, vulnerability to deception, and the kind of addiction to honor that got Ned Stark killed.
Even in these countries, however, the discovery of a case of BSE could not be guaranteed to be spontaneous because of the widespread global distribution of potentially infected cattle and cattle feed and the vagaries of international trade: imperfect record keeping, lack of compliance, and just plain deception.
Background: There is a lack of empirical data on lay attitudes toward different sorts of deception in medicine.
Mr. Powell "is going to be showing some new intelligence and some new information," Mr. Armitage said, adding, "No one will be able to evade the absolute conclusion about Saddam Hussein's denial, deception, his absolute lack of willingness to show any sign of a disarmament motive in his mind".
