Paper Info
Title
Let'S Be Honest: A Controlled Field Study Of Ethical Behavior In The Presence Of A Robot
Abstract
Human-robot collaboration will increasingly take place in human social settings, including contexts where ethical and honest behavior is paramount. How might these robots affect human honesty? In this paper, we present first evidence of how a robot's presence affects people's ethical behavior in a controlled field study. We observed people passing by a food plate marked as "reserved", comparing three conditions: no observer, a human observer, and a robot observer. We found that a human observer elicits less attention than a robot, but evokes more of a socially normative presence causing people to act honestly. Conversely, we found that a robot observer elicits more attention, engagement, and a monitoring presence. But even though people were suspicious that they were being monitored, they still behaved dishonestly in the robot observer condition.
Year
Venue
Field
2016
2016 25TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ROBOT AND HUMAN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION (RO-MAN)
Normative,Computer science,Simulation,Honesty,Ethical behavior,Robot,Observer (quantum physics),Mobile robot
DocType
ISSN
Citations 
Conference
1944-9445
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
7
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jodi Forlizzi15042382.63
Thidanun Saensuksopa220.40
Natalie Salaets320.40
Mike Shomin420.40
Tekin Meriçli5456.06
Guy Hoffman670662.08