A review of the impact of ACM code of conduct on information technology moral judgment and intent

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Peslak, Alan R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Code of conduct; Code of ethics; Ethics; Information technology ethics; Managerial influence

Indexed keywords

CODE OF CONDUCT; CODE OF ETHICS; COMPUTING MACHINERY; ETHICS; IN-DEGREE; MANAGERIAL INFLUENCE; MORAL JUDGMENT;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34249670640     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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