Moral hazard, ethical considerations, and the decision to implement an information system

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 7-27

  Tuttle, Brad ^a,b   Harrell, Adrian ^a,c   Harrison, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Computer ethics; Incentives; Information system implementation; Information system quality; Moral hazard

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031288368     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1997.11518140     Document Type: Article

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