The ethics of IT professionals in Japan and China

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 834-859

  Davison, Robert M ^a   Martinsons, Maris G ^a   Ou, Carol X J ^b   Murata, Kiyoshi ^c   Drummond, Damon ^d   Li, Yuan ^e   Lo, Henry W H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICAL VALUES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS; JAPAN AND CHINA; KOHLBERG; KOHLBERG'S THEORY; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; SIX STAGES; STAGE MODELS; SURVEY DATA; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 70749115325     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00212     Document Type: Article

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