Morality and Computers: Attitudes and Differences in Moral Judgments

Information Systems Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-254

  Gattiker, Urs E ^a   Kelley, Helen ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Computer security; Computer viruses; Data encryption; Domain theory of moral development; Ethics; Gender; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VIRUSES; CRYPTOGRAPHY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SECURITY OF DATA;

DATA ENCRYPTION; ETHICS; GENDER; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 0005766289     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.10.3.233     Document Type: Article

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