Indian Youth Inclination towards Unethical Practices in the use of Information and Communication Technology.

The Information and Communication Technology has deepened its roots into our lifestyles and become an indispensable power churning machismo, giving one the freedom to do whatever one wills to, at the click of a button. However, most of this freedom leads one to dilemmas, where he/she may find a thin...

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Publicado en:Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 1311 - 1327
Autores principales: Goel, Niket, Kaur, Anupriya, Vaidya, Meghna
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Publicado: Universiti Putra Malaysia Dec2012
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        affil: Dept. of Social Sciences and Humanities, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, H.P., India
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        Information & communication technologies
        Internet piracy
        Youths' attitudes
        Work ethic
        Online social networks
        Self-perception
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          Information & communication technologies
          Internet piracy
          Youths' attitudes
          Work ethic
          Online social networks
          Self-perception
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        Digital piracy
        ethics
        plagiarism
        self concept clarity
        social networking ethics
      ab: The Information and Communication Technology has deepened its roots into our lifestyles and become an indispensable power churning machismo, giving one the freedom to do whatever one wills to, at the click of a button. However, most of this freedom leads one to dilemmas, where he/she may find a thin difference between right and wrong. The purpose of this study was to explore and understand the present day youth's inclination towards unethical practices in the ICT Industry. In more specific, their inclination to adopt malpractices, such as plagiarism, digital piracy and social network abuse, have been empirically explored. Based on the survey of 123 undergraduate students, independent sample t-test and simple regression analysis were employed to analyze the empirical data. The findings suggest that these easily available user friendly technologies, which the present day youth is deeply familiar with, also lead to misuse or unethical practices. Demographic variables like gender and education and psychological variables like self-concept clarity too seem to impact their ethical/unethical behaviour. It was expected that the findings would contribute meaningfully towards framing guidelines and practices for developing a better ethical environment and character in youth.
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