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Clean Smells Promote Moral Behavior, Study Suggests
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"People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, according to a soon-to-be published study led by a Brigham Young University professor."

"Katie Liljenquist, assistant professor of organizational leadership at BYU's Marriott School of Management, is the lead author on the piece in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science. Co-authors are Chen-Bo Zhong of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and Adam Galinsky of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University."

"Companies often employ heavy-handed interventions to regulate conduct, but they can be costly or oppressive," said Liljenquist, whose office smells quite average. "This is a very simple, unobtrusive way to promote ethical behavior."

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Aroma therapy is a strange thing that a lot of cult leaders get into to justify their bizarre fetishes and fears. L Ron Hubbard and Hitler were both heavily notorious for being paranoid of certain "odor types". Howard Hughes was another delusional person who was afraid of odors but I choose not to group him w/ Hitler and Hubbard mostly because of the fact that he benefited society while Hubbard/Hitler just destroyed it.

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This BYU study is not exactly full blown aromatherapy, but if factual, would verify a few aspects of it there have been previously anecdotal.