What are the chances of an ethical individual rising through the ranks of a political party or a corporation in the presence of unethical peers? To answer this question, I consider a four-player two-stage elimination tournament, in which players are partitioned into those who are willing to sabotage other players’ efforts and those who are not. I show that, under certain conditions, the latter are more likely to win the tournament.

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当破坏失败时

在不道德的同龄人面前，一个有道德的人在政党或公司的行列中崛起的机会有多大？为了回答这个问题，我考虑了一个四人两阶段淘汰赛，其中玩家被划分为愿意破坏其他玩家努力的人和不愿意破坏其他人努力的人。我表明，在某些条件下，后者更有可能赢得比赛。