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• Restaurants are a great way to see and sample the world.
• Some popular meal spots need to be booked a year in advance.
• One restaurant Googles its patrons before they come and personalizes the service.

Sometimes a stellar restaurant is all the reason you need to jet off to some corner of the world.

Maybe it’s an earthy soil soup that beckons from Tokyo or an edible cocktail in Chicago, a piquant shaving of sheep’s milk cheese in rural Tennessee or simply a fresh filet of snapper caught somewhere off the coast of Tulum. These spots should be on any culinary bucket-list. 

French Laundry in Yountville, California

Thomas Keller continues to reinvent his nouvelle French tour de force, the first ever Bay Area restaurant to receive a third Michelin star in 2006. A new glass-sheathed kitchen is currently under construction, designed by Oslo-based firm Snøhetta, who pedestrianized Time Square in 2014. The $295 tasting menu is still one of the most revered experiences in the food world.      

Tip: The restaurant reopened April 7, cooking out of a temp kitchen fashioned from shipping containers, so book now (707.944.2380) while there’s less demand and before the grand reopening next fall.  

Astrid & Gastón in Lima, Peru

El Bulli and Mugaritz vet Diego Muñoz took the reigns at Gaston Acurio’s flagship after he hung up the apron last year. The passing of the torch, along with the relocation to Acurio’s new culinary campus Casa Moreyra in San Isidro, signals a new era for the restaurant. The tasting menu, developed at the on-site research and development lab, is conceptualized with ingredients from the botanical garden and will focus on the biodiverse region surrounding Lima—a shift from previous menus that focused on themed narratives—and will span everything from ceviche to guinea pig to alpaca.

Tip: Online reservations are accepted up to three months in advance. If it’s short notice, call and try to land a table at lunch.

Benu in San Francisco

David Chang called this homey Soma spot the best restaurant in America. For his Korean-and-Chinese-inspired tasting menu, former French Laundry chef de cuisine Corey Lee utilizes northern California’s seasonal bounty. The standout: the faux shark fin soup, made with dungeness crab and Jinhua ham custard, a childhood favorite from Lee’s early days in Seoul. 

Tip: Since Michelin awarded Benu with its third star, demand for reservations has been even higher than normal. Book up to two months early on the website.

Americans are unanimous.

Just Capital, a nonprofit set up by legendary hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones, has asked more than 50,000 Americans what they look for in corporate behavior. 

And the No.1 answer across all income groups is that a company "pays a fair wage for the industry and job level."

Now, on one hand, this shouldn't be a surprise. And what a "fair wage" means exactly is open to debate, with likely as many opinions as there are people.

But the research highlights the extent to which Americans are worried about their wages, and feel as though American companies should also be focused on this issue. 

Some issues, like companies creating jobs US jobs, are of more importance to those with lower incomes. Some concerns, like following laws and regulations, seem to be the preserve of the wealthy.

Everyone is unanimous on wages, however.

It's not surprising, therefore, that real wage growth — or the lack thereof — has become a hot-button issue in the US. In simple terms, many Americans feel like they're not doing any better than they were five or 10 years ago. And sure enough, growth in wages minus inflation has fallen sharply over the past 30 years, according to the Federal Reserve.

"Our analysis shows that this economy-wide average real wage growth rate has declined by a third since the mid-1980s," researchers at Liberty Street Economics at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York wrote in a post in September.

Here are Just Capital's findings:

The number one priority for Americans is clear

A fair wage is a clear priority for every American, regardless of their political views

Cristiano Ronaldo was already the highest-paid athlete of any sport, and now he's in the running to be crowned the greatest footballer of all time.

The Real Madrid player beat Barcelona F.C. forward Lionel Messi to win the 2016 Ballon D'Or— awarded to the best player of the year by a panel of over 200 journalists — for a fourth time on Monday. Only Messi, with five awards to his name, stands in his way.

Ronaldo is one of the wealthiest athletes in history. He recently signed a new deal with Real Madrid that will keep him with the club for at least the next five seasons. That deal, along with some of the biggest endorsement deals in football, give him a ludicrous amount of cash to burn.

In December, Ronaldo's tax form was released, revealing that he declared £191 million of overseas assets last year.

Find out how he earns his money and what he spends all that cash on below.

Tony Manfred and Melissa Stranger originally contributed to this story.

Ronaldo earned £64 million ($88 million) in the 12 months to June 2016, according to Forbes, making him the highest-paid sports star in the world.

Source: Forbes

Around £25 million ($32 million) of this was from endorsement deals with companies like Tag Heuer and Nike.

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He also has deals with companies like Herbalife, Castrol, Samsung, and KFC.

Source: Live Sports Review

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Twitter at the end of November that he would be leaving his business "in total" to "fully focus on running the country." He added that legal documents were being drafted that would remove him "completely" from business operations, and that he would hold a press conference on December 15 to explain the details. 

Trump has since postponed that announcement until January, saying that he wants more time to focus on appointing members of his future Cabinet. 

Trump's business empire and the conflicts of interest it could pose have been scrutinized throughout the future administration's transition. Earlier, Trump had said that the operations of his business would be passed on to his children in what he called a "blind trust," even though that constitutes an independent manager who typically is not someone as closely tied to the holder as his or her children.

But what does the Trump Organization actually do? The answer to that question — similar to inquiries about the president-elect's income and net worth— is quite complex. According to a recent analysis by the Wall Street Journal, "Roughly half — at least $304 million — of the revenue Mr. Trump reported in a federal financial disclosure form earlier this year came from assets held in 96 different LLCs."

That financial disclosure form is 104 pages long.

The Trump Organization includes a portfolio of real estate, hotels, and golf courses, as well as investments in clothing and other products. The company does not own most of these properties outright. Though many buildings around the world have been branded with the Trump name, many were not actually built by the Trump Organization and are instead a result of licensing agreements made with other development companies. The companies that take part in this kind of deal typically pay a fee for the use of the Trump name in the development and management of a property. 

While the perceived strength of the Trump brand dipped and spiked at various points of the election season, this licensing of the family name is a large part of what the Trump Organization does.

The Trump Organization announced Wednesday that it would be backing out of one such branding and management deal: a not-yet-completed hotel project in Rio de Janeiro. In a statement to Reuters, a Trump Hotels spokesperson said that the company was motivated to end the deal by construction delays and differences of vision. Last month, federal prosecutor Anselmo Lopes began a criminal investigation into certain investments made in the project, though Trump Hotels has not commented on whether this is why the company has ended the partnership in Rio. 

Many Trump-branded residential properties — like the condominium portions of the Trump Towers in Chicago and New York, for example — are now controlled by unit owners. Some Trump properties are owned in partnership with other management companies. And in some cases, including the president-elect's home of Trump Tower, Trump does not actually own the land the buildings are situated on.

As for the organization's commercial interests, Trump has a 30% stake in two properties — 1290 Avenue of the Americas in New York and 555 California Street in San Francisco — through a partnership with Vornado Realty Trust. He also owns 40 Wall Street in New York's Financial District and the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

Here, we've rounded up all of the Trump-branded properties and their locations around the world. We've also noted which properties were developed as part of a licensing arrangement.

SEE ALSO: Trump's proposed tariff could cause a major problem for Ivanka's $100 million business

The retail industry is on the cusp of a fundamental transformation driven by digital technologies. And as retailers adapt to the digital age, the line between physical and digital commerce is becoming increasingly blurred.

BI Intelligence has created a slide deck exploring the most disruptive trends in e-commerce.  Access the full deck now for free by clicking here.

Some of the topics covered include:

• The size of the retail and e-commerce markets.
• The breakdown of e-commerce sales by product category.
• How legacy retailers are adapting to digital.
• Which e-commerce companies are leading the way.
• What omnichannel strategies retail companies are adopting.
• And much more.

The companies mentioned in this year's presentation include:  Sports Authority, Amazon, Best Buy, Apple, Wayfair, Target, Dollar Shave Club, Instacart, Walmart, CVS, and Sam's Club.

Below are 8 sample slides from the 65-page deck.  Want the full deck? Access it here for FREE >>

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LONDON — In November, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would explore offering Northern Irish women a free and legal means to terminate their pregnancy.

Abortion is only legal in Northern Ireland when a pregnant woman's life is at risk, but the NHS has so far refused to pay for the procedure for those who travel to Britain seeking help.

Sturgeon's plan may offer a way around this. In doing so, she also cast light on abortion laws.

Around the world, 58 of 196 countries provide abortions on request, and 134 of 196 countries only allow abortions to preserve a woman's physical health.

Six countries — El Salvador, Malta, the Vatican, Chile, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua — still refuse abortions to women under any circumstances, even if it's to save her life. It means that under many circumstances, such as rape, incest, or if the fetus has a severe abnormality, women still must bring a pregnancy to term.

Developing countries, which have the strictest laws around ending a pregnancy, have the highest unsafe abortion rates. It is estimated that around the world, 78,000 deaths result from unsafe abortions every year. These are the countries with the strictest abortion laws around the globe.

El Salvador has a complete ban on abortions — and the strictest reproductive rights laws in the world.

In the South American country, it is illegal to have an abortion under any circumstance, even if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the mother.

Women in El Salvador currently have to bring their pregnancy to term even if their lives, physical, or mental health is at risk as well as in cases of rape or incest, underage pregnancies, fetal impairment (if the fetus won't survive pregnancy or will struggle with health issues). 

Women who have an illegal abortion face sentences of two to eight years in jail, and medical professionals who assist them can face up to 12 years in jail. This leads to doctors reporting their patients who experienced complications after miscarriages, or abortions to the police.

The law on abortion, which has been in place since 1998, says that women who experience miscarriages face up to 40 years of imprisonment for aggravated murder. 

Between 2000 and 2011, 129 women were prosecuted under the abortion ban. Of those, 26 were charged with homicide.

Recently, the spread of the Zika virus left women anxious about pregnancies, and the Salvadorian government urged women not to get pregnant until 2018 to avoid babies being born with microcephaly, a rare malformation where babies have abnormally small heads. 

Chile also has a total ban on abortion.

It is one of only six countries in the world to ban abortion without exception. 

This is despite President Michelle Bachelet's efforts to relax laws and allow abortion in cases of rape, fetal impairment, or risk to the mother's life.

Currently, women face up to five years in jail if they seek to terminate their pregnancies illegally, but the number of women incarcerated has dropped from 88 in 2010 to five in 2012, with most women sentenced to probation.

The risk of spending time in prison doesn't seem to stop women from illegally, and unsafely terminating their pregnancies. A national study in 1990 estimated that 160,000 women terminated their pregnancies, and more recent numbers range between 60,000 and 300,000 abortions each year. 

The complete ban on abortion was introduced in 1989. Beforehand, women were allowed to abort if their lives were at risk. 

President Michelle Bachelet introduced a bill in January of 2015 to relax the laws on abortions. If the bill passes, women will be able to get legal abortions if the fetus has a congenital malformation or is unviable, if the pregnancy causes a danger to the life of the woman, or if the pregnancy is the result of a rape and the woman is no more than 12 weeks pregnant (or 14 weeks if the woman is under 14 years of age).

The bill was approved by three of five senators from Chile’s Senate Health Commission in September of 2016, and will now need to pass through the constitutional commission, before a debate in the high chamber.  

Malta is the only country in the European Union where abortion is illegal even in cases of rape, fetal impairment, or if the mother's life is in danger.

Women in Malta who terminate their pregnancies can face charges of up to three years in prison under the Criminal Code of Malta. The person performing the abortion can also be charged with the same prison sentence. 

In Malta, 98% of the country is Catholic, which explains the strict abortion laws, as well as the fact that divorce was illegal in the country until 2011. 

As Ivanka Trump becomes increasingly involved in her father's presidency, some people are calling for a boycott of all retailers — from Amazon to Walmart — that sell her products. 

Shannon Coulter, a brand and digital strategist, started the #GrabYourWallet hashtag in October following the publication of a leaked tape that showed Trump making lewd comments about women. . 

While President-elect Donald Trump sells a number of Trump-branded items under the Trump Organization — which sons Donald Jr. and Eric are slated to take control off — the majority of the retailers targeted by #GrabYourWallet sell Ivanka's fashion lines. 

Since the election, Ivanka has served on her father's transition team and sat in on conversations with the leaders of countries including Turkey, Argentina, and Japan. While a Trump spokesperson has shot down rumors that Ivanka would get an office in the White House, most political observers expect Ivanka — who is rumored to be house hunting in Washington, DC — to play some role in her father's political operation. 

6pm

The discount retailer carries Ivanka Trump's lines of shoes, clothing, and accessories.

Amazon

The e-commerce giant carries both Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump merchandise, from the book "The Art of the Deal" to Ivanka Trump's shoe line.

For what it's worth, some Trump supporters on Reddit have also called for a boycott of Amazon because CEO Jeff Bezos said he wants to send Trump to space. The CEO has also said the president-elect "erodes our democracy around the edges."

Belk

The Southeastern department store chain sells Ivanka Trump's lines of shoes and handbags.

Instead of working up a thirst sightseeing, drink in both booze and views at bars that look out at the world's most amazing sites.

We've rounded up drinking establishments that have some of the world's most incredible views, from iconic landmarks like Paris' Eiffel Tower and India's Taj Mahal to stunning cityscapes and dramatic scenery. 

Coq d'Argent, London, UK

The Coq d'Argent in London is like a rooftop country club, featuring a manicured lawn to drink on flanked by perfectly trimmed hedges. There are also views of some of London's top landmarks, like the Gherkin, the Bank of England, and St. Paul's Cathedral.

Click here for more information »

Ozone, Hong Kong

Forget a buzz. You'll get full-on vertigo at Ozone, which, on the 118th floor of Hong Kong's Ritz Carlton and 1,608 feet above sea level, is the world's highest bar, featuring views of Kowloon and Central Hong Kong, and all the way to its suburbs.

Click here for more information »

Top of the Mark, San Francisco, California

On the top of a hill on top of the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel, Top of the Mark features sensational, 360-degree views of San Francisco in its entirety. You can see Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, even as far as Sausalito... and choose from over 100 martinis.

Click here for more information »

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Travelling can be an absolute nightmare.

From being in small, crowded areas to bags getting lost on the way or the risk of phones dying, a number of factors can make it an unpleasant, stressful experience. 

Luckily, there are ways to make getting from point A to point B more enjoyable. If you're a regular traveller, it might be worth investing in a few products which will last decades, and make travelling around the world an absolute breeze. 

In order to help you avoid a stressful start to your holidays, or upcoming business trips, we rounded up the products which will make travelling not only bearable, but enjoyable. 

A versatile carry-on

Bluesmart One is designed to offer a seamless travel experience. This carry-on case boasts a built-in digital scale so you always know if you're within cabin weight limits. It also sports two USB ports and is capable of charging your phone up to six times, while a SIM card lets you track your Bluesmart around the world via GPS or 3G – a god send for those who keep losing their bags. It also enables you to track travelling habits through the app, and is compatible with both Android and iOS. 

Read our full review here.

Bluesmart One, £353.98

Noise-cancelling headphones

Noise-cancelling headphones are a must when travelling. Whether you use them to block out the hussle and bustle during your daily commute or crying babies on an airplane, noise-cancelling headphones can make all the difference when travelling. The Bose QuietComfort are top of the line ones and the best option for those who have cash to splurge. That being said, these Sony's are a great choice for people who don't have £300 to spend. 

Sony MDR-ZX770BN Wireless and Noise Cancelling Headphones, £79.99

Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Headphones, £279.99

A portable charger

If a suitcase that can charge your phone isn't enough, Anker has a great ultra-compact charger which is the perfect size for travelling. Although it's small, it's also powerful enough to provide two full charges to an iPhone 6S, and at least one to a Galaxy S7. A great investment which will stop you from huddling around a crowded airport outlet again. 

Anker PowerCore 5000 Portable Charger, £11.99

You go to hug someone, but they're trying to shake your hand, so you end up backslapping them from a foot away.

You think the person next to you overheard you whispering about how cute they are, so you confess and apologize, but it turns out they never overheard you in the first place.

Even if you've experienced both those situations, chances are good that you're not nearly as socially inept as you believe you are. But simply thinking of yourself as an awkward person can sap your confidence in social situations.

To help give you the confidence boost you need, we checked out the Quora thread "What are the best ways to improve social skills?" and pinpointed some practical tips.

We can't promise you'll never have another awkward encounter, but hopefully this advice will help you to enjoy, instead of dread, social interactions.

Note that if social anxiety is interfering with your ability to function on a daily basis, you might consider seeing a therapist, who can give you more tools to overcome your nerves.

SEE ALSO: 7 simple social skills that will make you more likable

1. Be present

We're so accustomed to mental and physical multitasking that we might not even realize how off-putting it can be to conversation partners.

"When you're with someone, but you're distracted by other thoughts or emotions, people notice,"writes Eva Glasrud. "Maybe your eyes glaze over, or your reactions are a little off or delayed. ... Or maybe you're being super obvious about it and using a mobile device while 'listening' to them.

"This makes people feel ... bad. Like they're not important. Or like you're not being authentic."

The ability to focus on the here and now is a skill called mindfulness, which you can cultivate gradually through practices like focusing on your breath and the individual sensations you're feeling in a given moment.

2. Focus on the other person

"The best thing I ever learned to improve my social skills was to think of the other person/people instead of myself,"says Jennifer McGinnis. "Instead of worrying how I was 'performing' or coming across, I would think about the other person and how they seemed to be feeling or getting along."

Chances are good that your conversation partner is feeling just as uncomfortable as you are — and recognizing that could help you relax.

3. Act 'as if'

In other words, fake it till you make it.

Writes Deborah Crawford:

"Act 'as if' you have great social skills. What does that look like? ... Pretend you are the host of whatever gathering you are in and make someone feel welcome. Smile, make brief eye contact, and say hi."

Like many cities, London has a serious problem with gridlock. According to Eurostat's Urban Europe report, the city has the worst congestion in Europe — an average commuter there spends 101 hours in traffic every year.

An obvious solution to this problem would be to upgrade or expand the existing tube, train, and bus networks to be more efficient and far-reaching, so that more locals use mass transit. But PLP Architecture, a London-based firm, is proposing a more radical idea: moving vehicles underground.

Called the CarTube, the firm's concept envisions an underground tunnel of automated, conveyor belt-like tracks. Cars in the tubes would travel a steady speed of 50 mph, so there wouldn't be stop-and-go traffic, PLP's director of research, Lars Hesselgren, tells Business Insider. That would allow the network to cut down commute times by up to 75%.

PLP wouldn't disclose an estimate for the CarTube's cost, but said it could be built at a fraction of the price of Crossrail, a new high-capacity, 73-mile (117 km) railway that's under construction in London and the southeastern UK. That project received £14.8 billion ($15.7 billion) in funding.

There are no immediate plans to build the CarTube, but Hesselgren says the firm is talking with a number of partners, including Google, about the concept. He estimates that if the tube were to be built, construction would take less than a decade.

Check out the design.

SEE ALSO: 3 infrastructure improvements the Trump administration should prioritize, according to Obama's Secretary of Transportation

The CarTube would be a 15.5-mile network of tunnels for automobiles, in which each car would be spaced spaced between .6 and 1.2 miles (1-2 km) apart. Hesselgren says the system would be located 33 to 98 feet (10- 30 meters) below ground level to reduce congestion.

The CarTube tunnels would connect to the existing streets. Drivers would just drive onto the tracks, which would slope down to bring them into the tunnel.

The system could accommodate 400 cars per hour, he says.

Since the automated tracks would carry riders at a uniform speed, the CarTube could cut down an hour commute to nearly 15 minutes, Hesselgren says. In their proposal, the architects call it "the next best thing to teleportation."

Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov is a master of snowflake photography. After using a homemade rig with inexpensive equipment to take stunning close-ups, Kljatov's snowflake photos went viral in 2013.

But he hasn't stopped capturing amazing photos, and now his images are more stunning than ever. Kljatov shared new photos with INSIDER, and thanks to his extensive "how-to" blog post, we learned more about the process behind the images. 

Keep reading for a look at the amazing snowflake crystals and to learn more about how Kljatov works his magic.

Kljatov was inspired to try his own snowflake photography after seeing a website called "Snow Crystals" created by a CalTech physics professor named Kenneth Libbrecht.

Check out the original "Snow Crystals" website here.

At first Kljatov believed it was impossible for amateurs to capture photos like these without expensive equipment.

"Now I know that this is completely wrong!" he wrote. "Every photographer with simple point-and-shoot camera can take very good snowflake pictures."

'Tis the season for office holiday parties, which can be fun and festive if everyone is on their best behavior — or disastrous when too many people decide to let loose.

Unfortunately, the latter happens far too often.

"People need to remember that although the holiday party is a time to celebrate, this activity is still a business event and how you behave matters," says Barbara Pachter, an etiquette expert and the author of "The Essentials of Business Etiquette."

"People have said and done all sorts of inappropriate things that have impacted their career by not following simple etiquette rules," she adds. "For example, it is important to stay sober. One young man got drunk at his holiday party, cursed out his boss, and got fired on the spot. The next day he couldn't understand why his badge didn't work. He had no recollection of the previous evening's events."

According to a new CareerBuilder survey, a whopping 69% of employers say they'll throw a holiday party this year. If your company is one of them and you want to keep your job and reputation intact, here are some simple etiquette rules to follow:

DON'T MISS: We asked and you answered — here are 19 of the wildest office holiday party stories we've ever heard

SEE ALSO: The 17 best icebreakers to use at a holiday party where you don't know anyone

Don't skip it

Unless you already have other plans that night that you absolutely cannot miss or change, show up to the office holiday party.

"You may not want to go," says Pachter, but it's important that you show your commitment to the company.

"Your absence will be noticed, and most likely, noted by your boss and other higher ups," she adds.

Don't be the first to leave

Obviously someone has to be the first to leave. But for the same reason that you shouldn't skip the holiday party altogether — it's good for your career to show your face — you should avoid being the first one saying their goodbyes. 

Don't dress inappropriately

The party may not take place during traditional work hours — but that doesn't mean you should dress like you're going to a nightclub.

You should wear clothing you wouldn't be embarrassed to wear to work, but, since it's a special occasion, it's fine to take it up one notch — just don't go over the top.

"It is a party, but your attire needs to be suitable for a business event, not a nightclub. Don’t wear anything that is too short, too tight, too low, or too anything," advises Pachter.

Also, if you normally wear a suit to work, don't show up to the office party in jeans and a T-shirt — or a Hello Kitty onesie.

Love and attraction are weird and mysterious things.

There's a lot we don't understand — and a lot that's idiosyncratic to individual people and couples.

That's why a lot of research into why we mate is bizarre to the point of incoherence — cultural norms as well as oddities in research methods can create a lot of noise.

Yet it turns out that there is a lot of science about why people fall in love that is at once super strange and actually fairly credible.

Keep in mind that no one study is enough to draw definite, broad conclusions. That's especially true because this research tends to focus on the specific behaviors of heterosexual undergraduate students at the universities where researchers work.

Still, there's a lot of fascinating knowledge out there about our habits of love and attraction.

Here are nine of the most interesting findings:

SEE ALSO: 13 habits science shows will help you fall asleep faster and sleep better

1. People tend to fall in love with other people who are like them. Shared values, life experiences, levels of attractiveness, and age can all make a major difference.

Sources: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

2. If you want someone to fall in love with you, then it might help to resemble their opposite-sex parent. That can mean hair and eye color, but also age. Children of young parents tend to seek out young partners more often.

Source: Evolution & Human Behavior

3. There's some evidence that scent can play a role in attraction. Ovulating women, for example, may prefer the scents of men with more testosterone. And men may prefer the scents of women at certain times in their menstrual cycles.

Sources: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Psychological Science, Psychological Science

Also, check out our review of a site that matches people based on how they smell after not showering.

It's an old story: the star executive who gets caught waist-deep in a fraud scandal; the finance phenom who steals millions by skimming off the top. 

What causes these smart, successful people to get wrapped up in illegal activities and unethical behavior? Dr. Muel Kaptein of the Rotterdam School of Management tackled this question in a paper about why good people do bad things.

These major crimes usually escalate from smaller offenses or lapses in judgment that are rationalized by a slew of psychological reasons. 

Business Insider collected 14 insights from Kaptein that explain a few of the various reasons why good people lie, cheat, and steal.

This is an update of a story originally reported by Max Nisen and Aimee Groth. 

SEE ALSO: A relationship therapist explains the biggest reason money ruins marriages

DON'T MISS: 15 quotes from self-made billionaires that will change your outlook on money

The Galatea effect

Self image determines behavior. People who have a strong sense of themselves as individuals are less likely to do unethical things.

Alternatively, employees who see themselves as determined by their environment or having their choices made for them are more likely to bend the rules, as they feel less individually responsible. 

Source: Muel Kaptein

Social bond theory

In large organizations, employees can begin to feel more like numbers or cogs in a machine than individuals.

When people feel detached from the goals and leadership of their workplace, they are more likely to commit fraud, steal, or hurt the company via neglect.

Source: Muel Kaptein

The power of names

When bribery becomes "greasing the wheels" or accounting fraud becomes "financial engineering," unethical behavior may be seen in a more positive light.

The use of nicknames and euphemisms for questionable practices can free them of their moral connotations, making them seem more acceptable.

Source: Muel Kaptein

Before he became a billionaire real estate developer, reality TV star, and president-elect, Donald Trump was a cadet who attended the New York Military Academy.

Founded in 1889, the private school is spread across 120 acres in rural Cornwall, New York, located 60 miles north of Manhattan. The cost of tuition is $41,210 a year at the school, which ranks No. 128 on a list of the best boarding schools in the US by education resource Niche.

The story goes that Trump's parents shipped their 13-year-old son off to NYMA when he began acting up and it became a problem. Some 50 years later, Trump would tell his biographer that his five years' education there gave him more military training than the military could.

Here's what it's like at NYMA.

SEE ALSO: What it's like to attend the most elite boarding school in America

The New York Military Academy opened doors in 1889 with the hopes of preparing cadets for "further education and to be effective leaders and responsible citizens."

Source: New York Military Academy

Charles Jefferson Wright, a Civil War veteran and teacher, founded the school under the belief that a military structure provided the best environment for academic achievement.

Source: New York Military Academy

Through the years, the student body has remained small. Two classroom buildings and three dorms accommodate the 28 students who enrolled in the 2016-17 academic year.

Source: New York Military Academy and Wall Street Journal

Editorial note: Business Insider just named its 2016 Car of the Year, the Acura NSX. This week, we're re-running our reviews of the five cars that almost beat out Acura for the honor.

It's a Jaguar. It's an SUV. It's a Jaguar SUV.

At the Los Angeles auo show in 2015, Jaguar Land Rover officially unveiled its first-ever sport utility for the US market. About a year later, we got our hands on it.

In the flesh, the vehicle, called F-PACE, was as stunning on the street as we initially thought it was on the showroom floor in LA. The name, which is meant to connect the crossover in nomenclature with Jag's F-Type sports cars, is weird. But the machine is beautiful — the most gorgeous SUV currently available, we think, thanks to the aesthetic ministrations of designer Ian Callum.

Jaguar shares a corporate stable with Land Rover, so it's not as if these folks don't know how to bolt together a stupendous offroader. They've been doing it for decades. 

But how would a Jaguar SUV stack up? After all, Jag is a sedan-and-sports-car brand, full of British panache. Does a suburban family hauler really fit, even it if that's what the market wants?

We had a few days in the Northeast with the 2017 F-PACE to find out:

Photos by Hollis Johnson.

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Our $72,000 test vehicle was extremely well kitted out, as they might say across the pond. It was the "First Edition" trim level, and the color was an alluring Caesium Blue. Only 275 will be built.

It isn't easy to design a stylish, sporty SUV. In fact, it's nearly impossible. The basic form for the segment is a large rectangular box with a wheel at each of the four corners and a big liftgate dominating the rear. But Callum has performed magic with the F-PACE.

The legendary Jaguar badge is fairly tasteful emblazoned on the finely boned, blacked out front grille. No leaping cat hood ornament, unfortunately.

It’s time to check out what will be leaving us from Netflix when 2017 comes around.

In January, a handful of ESPN “30 for 30” titles will be gone, as well as classics like “The Fast and the Furious,” "Coming to America,"“Bring It On,” and “Dazed and Confused.”

Here’s the full list of everything leaving Netflix in December. 

We’ve highlighted in bold some of the titles you should check out before they disappear.

SEE ALSO: The 25 worst movies of 2016, according to critics

Leaving January 1

“30 for 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks”
“30 for 30: No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson”
“30 for 30: The Day the Series Stopped”
“30 for 30: Jordan Rides the Bus”
“30 for 30: Without Bias”
“30 for 30: Once Brothers”
“30 for 30: Bernie and Ernie”
“30 for 30: Requiem for the Big East”
“30 for 30: The Price of Gold”
“Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein”
“Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman”
“Angry Birds Toons” (Season 1)
“Bewitched”
“Blade 2”
“Bring It On”
“Bring It On: All or Nothing”
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
“Coming to America”
“Columbo” (Seasons 1 – 7)
“Crash”
“Dazed and Confused”
“Final Destination 3”
“Flip or Flop” (Season 1)
“Fixer Upper” (Seasons 1 – 2)
“Ghost Town”
“Hairspray”
“Jake and the Never Land Pirates” (Seasons 1 – 3)
“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Thirteenth Year”
“Little Black Book”
“Little Man”
“Maid in Manhattan”
“Miracle on 34th Street”
“Murder, She Wrote:” (Seasons 1 – 12)
“Nanny McPhee”
“Property Brothers” (Season 4)
“Property Brothers” (Season 5)
“Saved by the Bell” (Seasons 1 – 6)
“South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut”
“Stardust”
“Superstar”
“The Italian Job”
“The Painted Veil”
“Sixteen Candles”
“Saving Private Ryan”
“The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift”
“The Fast and the Furious”
“The Uninvited”
“The Amityville Horror”
“The Wicker Man”
“Vanity Fair”
“You Live in What?” (Season 3)
“Zoom: Academy for Superheroes”

Leaving January 6

“The Girl Who Played with Fire”
“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest”

Leaving January 29

“Stephen King's A Good Marriage”

Before success, there's hard work.

And sometimes, you're doing that hard work while living out of your car. It's not just for corporate interns or employees of tech giants like Google and Tesla — living out of a car (or camper, or van) has been a stepping stone for for everyone from James Cameron to Hilary Swank.

Here are seven incredible stories of the rich and famous who started out living in their cars.

Jacquelyn Smith, Natalie Walters, and Vivian Giang contributed to an earlier version of this story.

SEE ALSO: 26 weird jobs famous people had before making it big

'Jurassic World' star Chris Pratt lived out of a van in Maui, Hawaii

Pratt, aka Burt Macklin, has been turning heads with his transition from lovable funny guy Andy Dwyer on "Parks and Recreation" to action hero Owen Grady in "Jurassic World."

But that's not the only major transition the actor's gone through.

At age 19, Pratt accepted a one-way ticket to Maui, Hawaii, from a friend and set up a humble abode in a flea and mice-infested van — a setup that he told The Independent was "pretty awesome."

"We just drank and smoked weed and worked minimal hours, 15-20 hours per week, just enough to cover gas, food, and fishing supplies," Pratt said. "You know it was a charming time."

That same year, actress Rae Dawn Chong met Pratt when he was waiting tables at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in Maui, took note of his good looks, and cast him in her directorial debut, "Cursed Part III." (Pratt is seen holding the script in the above photo.)

"The moment she told me she was bringing me to LA, I knew," he said. "I was like, 'This is what I'm going to do with the rest of my life.'"

Director James Cameron lived out of his car before selling the rights to 'The Terminator' for $1

When Cameron was writing "The Terminator," he was "barely making ends meet, even living in his car for a time," according to IGN.

But his main concern at the time wasn't money. He was determined to direct his screenplay despite his limited experience.

When he pitched "The Terminator" at meetings, the production companies said they liked the script, but they didn't like the idea of him being in charge.

Cameron persevered and partnered with producer Gale Anne Hurd, who bought the rights to the screenplay for $1 and named Cameron the director.

The film went on to make $77 million worldwide.

Comedian Jim Carrey once lived out of a VW camper van and in a tent on his sister's front lawn

According to the biography"Jim Carrey," the comedian dropped out of high school and lived in a VW bus with his family parked in different places throughout Canada. They eventually moved into a tent on his older sister's lawn and parked the van in the driveway.

Carrey said it was during these tough financial times growing up when he developed a sense of humor.

We're three weeks away from the end of the regular season and it's time to announce it: the Broncos, your reigning Super Bowl champs, are going to miss the playoffs.

Their schedule down the stretch is just brutal. They have the Patriots at home this weekend, followed by the Chiefs on the road, and then the Raiders. Even if they can win one of those games, that'll only give them nine wins, meaning they'll need the Dolphins (who have the Pats, Bills, and Jets) to win just one of their final three games.

Considering Ryan Tannehill is sidelined for at least one week, it's certainly not impossible, but seems hard to imagine. The Ravens are lurking, but at 7-6 they'll probably need to win out (Eagles, Bengals, Steelers) to get to 10 wins. 

And so, that means the Dolphins sneak in, and have to play the Steelers — whom they've already beat! — in the first round.

In other news, I went 10-4-1 last week to push my overall record on the season to 104-94-6. 

Enjoy the games!

LAST WEEK: 10-4-1

SEASON: 104-94-6

Los Angeles Rams (+16) at Seattle Seahawks (Thursday, 8:25 p.m. ET)

Here's the poetic description of the violently green Color Rush jerseys Seattle will wear tonight, courtesy of the Seahawks website: 

Miami Dolphins (-2.5) at New York Jets (Saturday, 8:25 p.m. ET)

The Jets are reportedly fawning over UNC quarterback Mitch Trubinsky, who has one year of experience as a college starter. I thought they drafted their franchise quarterback last year? 

The pick: Dolphins -2.5

Pittsburgh Steelers (-3) at Cincinnati Bengals (Sunday, 1:00 p.m. ET)

If Tom Brady is getting MVP buzz, why isn't Le'Veon Bell? 

The pick: Steelers -3