Illegal Downloading, Ethical Concern, and Illegal Behavior

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-227

  Robertson, Kirsten ^a   McNeill, Lisa ^a   Green, James ^a   Roberts, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Music piracy; Risky behavior and illegal downloading; Stealing a CD and illegal downloading; Students' illegal downloading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861191130     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1079-3     Document Type: Article

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