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I don't think it's nearly as prevalent in Academia. I agree that that sort of deception is quickly punished in Academia if it's discovered and publicized, but I think it still is viewed positively in private contexts. I think it's more of a cultural issue in general.

You can read a bunch of articles on Bernie Madoff, Martin Shkreli and Billy McFarland that romanticize the cunning with which these folks exploited others. Most pieces on them will present an overall negative tone but often feature some pretty glowing admiration of them. Let's also not forget that tax evasion by Trump was praised repeatedly as him beating the system - that's a pretty common view point, more common (especially when it comes to taxes) than the view that those individuals are failing to pay their fair share from what I've observed at least. Trumps a complicated example due to all the political baggage around him so maybe just look at companies like Apple, Google and Facebook - they regularly offshore large portions of their profits and I really doubt the people working to those ends feel any shame, instead it's likely a "beating the system" motivation.