Unauthorized copying of software and levels of moral development: A literature analysis and its implications for research and practice

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-407

  Siponen, Mikko ^a   Vartiainen, Tero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer ethics; IS ethics; Kohlberg's theory of moral development; Unauthorized copying of software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ETHICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS); IS ETHICS; KOHLBERG'S THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT; UNAUTHORIZED COPYING OF SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COPYING; EDUCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4644234503     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2004.00179.x     Document Type: Review

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