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ArticleF1000Research2019

Stage 1 Registered Report: How subtle linguistic cues prevent unethical behaviors.

Wen Guo, Huanxu Liu, Jingwen Yang, Yuqi Mo, Can Zhong, Yuki Yamada

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Article in F1000Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Wen GuoGraduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5544-0033
Huanxu LiuGraduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7078-5956
Jingwen YangGraduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6050-656X
Yuqi MoGraduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Can ZhongGraduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4419-5589
Yuki YamadaFaculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1431-568X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Different ways of description can easily influence people's evaluations and behaviors. A previous study by Bryan and colleagues suggested that subtle linguistic differences in ethical reminders can differentially prevent readers' unethical behavior. The present study aims to replicate the previous finding in the Japanese context, additionally exploring the influence of unfamiliar instruction words that capture participants' attention. In two experiments, which are planned to be conducted online, participants are asked to make 10 coin-tosses and report the number of "heads" results, indicating the amount of money that they can earn. We will manipulate instructions ("Don't cheat" vs. "Don't be a cheater" vs. baseline as a control) for each participant group, including nearly 270 participants (Experiment 1). Next, we will conduct an extended experiment with an additional task in which more attention is directed toward the text (Experiment 2). Through these registered experiments, we examine the credibility of the previous finding that type of instruction affects the occurrence of unethical behaviors.

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CuesDeceptionLinguisticsMoralsComprehensionHumansattentioncheatinglabelingmoralpersuasionself construal

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PMID32185019
PMCPMC7059835

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