Student attitudes on software piracy and related issues of computer ethics

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 215-222

  Siegfried, Robert M ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer ethics; Music downloading; Plagiarism; Software piracy; Student attitudes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; TEACHING;

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; COMPUTER ETHICS; COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS; MUSIC DOWNLOADING; PLAGIARISM; STUDENT ATTITUDES; STUDENT PROFILES; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 47949094821     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-004-3391-4     Document Type: Article

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