Attitude toward ethical behavior in computer use: A shifting model

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1150-1171

  Leonard, Lori N K ^a,c   Cronan, Timothy Paul ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^d Decision Sciences Institute ^*

^e ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviour; Ethics; Information systems; User studies

Indexed keywords

ETHICAL BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USER STUDIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 28644441165     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570510633239     Document Type: Article

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