In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one's own self-interest in the workplace.

事实上，如今专家们将办公室政治定义为在工作场所追求自身利益的正当行为。

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The behavior is optimized for the short term and self interest.

该行为是优化的短期和自身利益。

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Origin of the Issue: in the quest for truth by probing into human nature and behavior, self dignity is always held as a center value or center interest of individual.

论题的缘起：在探求人性和人类行为的真理之过程中，自尊一直被奉为人类的核心价值或个人利益之中心。

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We can use these results to design incremental incentives, based on self-interest, integrated into daily behavior that will motivate our colleagues, companies, communities, and consumers to change themselves.

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But the basic motivation for the behavior is self-interest.

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In this scenario, people will act in their best economic self interest, even if that is not the expected behavior under the law.

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