Lost in cyberspace: Ethical decision making in the online environment

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  McMahon, Joan M ^a   Cohen, Ronnie ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intention; Ethical decision making; Ethical judgment; Ethics; Gender differences; Internet; Machiavellianism; Technology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; ETHICAL JUDGMENT; ETHICS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; MACHIAVELLIANISM;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; TECHNOLOGY;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 61549109604     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-008-9165-7     Document Type: Article

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