The Influence of Media Factors on Ethical Behavior

Author

Martz, Wm Benjamin, Jr. ; Shepherd, Morgan

Author_Institution

Northern Kentucky Univ.

fYear

2007

fDate

Jan. 2007

Abstract

As the number of scandals in the business world continue, there seems to be a greater need for ethics training This study looks at some of the known characteristics of information, and the influence those characteristics have on students when it comes to ethical behavior. Mason developed the PAPA ethics categories, and this study examines the Property category in depth. A set of scenarios was developed around three main constructs: the costs of a product (free or not); the type of product (an MP3 file vs. a test); the medium of a product (digital format or tangible); and the ownership perspective (owned by a friend or owned by the subject). The overall results show students are lacking in ethics, and that there is a difference in ethical behavior when MP3 files are studied

Keywords

computer science education; ethical aspects; human factors; business world; ethics training; media factors; product cost; product medium; product type; property category; students ethical behavior; Costs; Cultural differences; Digital audio players; Electronic mail; Ethics; Informatics; Internet; Nominations and elections; Springs; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

ISSN

1530-1605

Electronic_ISBN

1530-1605

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2007.543

Filename

4076882