Are millennials more inclined to cheat to get ahead?

That seems to be suggestion from Barbara Keats, associate professor of management at the WP Carey School of Business.

Keats argues that this generation has grown up in a very different social context, growing up with "helicopter parents" who tried solving their problems for them and who shielded them from moral and ethical uncertainty and who were raised in an achievement oriented society where there has been more tolerance for cutting corners.

Read her arguments and ponder. Personally, I'm not sure I buy it because baby boomers and Xers have not exactly been absolutely above ethical lapses. Whether it's been at Enron, Barings or WorldCom. Certainly haven't seen anything rivalling that from Gen Y. And if anything, the Gen Ys seem to have a much keener sense of corporate social responsibility than their forebears.

Still, it's an interesting argument. Watch this space.