Student Assessments of Information Systems Related Ethical Situations: Do Gender and Class Level Matter?(Survey)
Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues 2011, Jan, 14, 1
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INTRODUCTION This study examines student perceptions of ethically questionable behavior relating to the acquisition and use of information systems (IS) resources. A perceived ethical breach level (PEBL) variable is created from responses to a set of 10 scenarios posing IS related ethical issues. Perceptions of students at different stages of their business college studies are collected, thus allowing for the evaluation of the effects of ethics-related instruction at the university on student perceptions. Based upon evidence from a number of prior studies presented below, we hypothesize that male and female students will differ in their evaluations of ethical breaches and that the two sexes may differ in how their ethical views change with age and ethics instruction.