ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

Collective Cheating: Diffused Responsibility and Reduced Guilt

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Social Psychology

  • Cinzia Zanetti
    University of Lausanne
  • François Ric
    University of Bordeaux
  • Fabrizio Butera
    University of Lausanne

Abstract

Three experimental studies investigated the difference between collective and individual cheating in terms of responsibility and guilt. Results revealed that participants who remembered an instance of collective cheating (vs individual cheating) felt less responsible and (therefore) less guilty.

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