Today's younger generation of workers has no boundaries when it comes to getting a leg up on their peers.

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According to the 2014 DDB Life Style Study, millennials are five times more likely than baby boomers to take credit for somebody else's work if it would help them get ahead on the job.

While she hasn't personally encountered this type of behavior, business etiquette expert Barbara Pachter said younger workers may be feeling desperate in today's tough job market, and they'd do anything to survive.

However, 38 percent of millennials in the same study indicated they're "afraid to rock the boat in any way" for fear that they'll be fired.

Pachter said lying and cheating to get ahead is never a good approach, and for millennials, those actions could affect them for the long haul.

"It may be what they think is a good strategy in the beginning, but ultimately it will hurt them and their careers," Pachter said. "It will come back to haunt them."

There are many other ways, Pachter said, for employees to enhance their careers and reputations, and not take away from them.

"You work hard, you go above and beyond, you help others, you're friendly, you do good work," she said.

Millennials were also more likely to classify themselves as workaholics. One-third said they would like to work fewer hours, even if it meant a drop in income.

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