Do you believe most of the world is honorless? If so, then no citation will convince otherwise.

On the other hand, if you believe most people are fundamentally "good" (or at least "mostly not evil"), as I do, then no citation is necessary.

Almost everyone of the thousands of people I've interacted with in the tech/programming field are good people.

Of course, there are plenty of horror stories in relation to the business side of things. It's certainly possible most of them are mostly evil; I have no clue.