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Which term refers to "The psychological phenomenon in which people are more likely to commit unethical acts when they feel their actions are not being observed"?

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Deindividuation

Deindividuation is the loss of self-awareness and personal accountability that people experience when they feel anonymous or unobserved, for example in a crowd or behind a mask. Because they feel they cannot be identified, they are more likely to act against their usual moral standards.

Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort felt when one's beliefs and actions conflict.

Self-justification is explaining or excusing one's behaviour after the event so that it seems acceptable.

Moral disengagement (Albert Bandura's term) refers to the reasoning processes, such as blaming the victim or spreading responsibility, by which people switch off their moral self-checks; it is not tied to the feeling of not being watched.

Hence, the answer is Deindividuation.

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