Expanding ethical vistas of IT professionals

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-387

  Stoodley, Ian ^a   Bruce, Christine ^a   Edwards, Sylvia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Information technology; Professional ethics; Professional formation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; ETHICS EDUCATION; IT PROFESSIONAL; PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL FORMATION; USER ORIENTED;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78650173092     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-009-9207-7     Document Type: Article

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