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Ethical Decision Making with Information Systems Students: An Exploratory Study

Ethical Decision Making with Information Systems Students: An Exploratory Study

Samer Alhawari, Amine Nehari Talet
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 13
ISSN: 2155-6903|EISSN: 2155-6911|EISBN13: 9781613506264|DOI: 10.4018/ijcee.2011040104
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Alhawari, Samer, and Amine Nehari Talet. "Ethical Decision Making with Information Systems Students: An Exploratory Study." IJCEE vol.1, no.2 2011: pp.41-53. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcee.2011040104

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Alhawari, S. & Talet, A. N. (2011). Ethical Decision Making with Information Systems Students: An Exploratory Study. International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education (IJCEE), 1(2), 41-53. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcee.2011040104

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Alhawari, Samer, and Amine Nehari Talet. "Ethical Decision Making with Information Systems Students: An Exploratory Study," International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education (IJCEE) 1, no.2: 41-53. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcee.2011040104

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Abstract

Information Technology (IT) is a new tool in education that continually changes and offers new opportunities for teaching and learning. In general, the effects of IT are complex and depend upon people’s decisions about development and use. This study investigates the ethical issues in education in terms of Information Systems students’ attitudes at Saudi universities towards digital piracy. The differences in the ethical decision-making process, ethical awareness, and intention to perform questionable acts is examined. The authors tested for differences in attitudes toward eighteen different questionable actions by using three different factors (gender, age, and university level). The measures of awareness capture the extent to which respondents felt that a particular action was unethical according to each of several ethical criteria. This work explored information technology ethics in several ways. The work analyzed whether information technology use is viewed by individuals as an ethical topic and demographic differences were explored. Significant differences were found in many cases between demographic groups based on ethical issues. These findings can be used to target and address ethical issues and enforcement in information systems curriculum.

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