The morality of software piracy: a cross-cultural analysis.
A study was conducted to examine the differences in morality and behavior toward software piracy in Singapore and the United States. A sample of 221 business management students attending an American university and 150 attending a Singaporean university were surveyed to determine their knowledge of...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Business Ethics Vol. 9; pp. 655 - 665 |
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Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
August 1990
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