A comparison of experts' and high tech students' ethical beliefs in computer-related situations.

A questionnaire was used to ascertain the ethical beliefs of 65 computer science students at a state university with regard to seven hypothetical situations faced by programmers and managers in the high-tech world. For each character in a scenario, and for each situation associated with that charac...

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Publicado en:Journal of Business Ethics Vol. 12; pp. 359 - 371
Autor principal: Athey, Susan
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Science & Business Media B.V. May 1993
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        College student attitudes
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        Ethics
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