ABSTRACT

The paper discusses differences in IT ethics perceptions and behavior of college students. The study is one of the few that examine multicultural differences in IT ethics on a convenience sample of 1,648 individuals from seven countries in three continents. We adopted an Ethics Decision-Making Model with Cultural Impacts and applied it on the examination of relations between IT ethics perceptions, behavior, nationality and culture operationalized through Hofstede’s scores. We collected data through an online questionnaire where respondents evaluated 21 scenarios describing various IT ethical issues in the form of a narrative, and seven items on individual’s behavior toward IT ethics issues. The individuals’ perceptions of IT ethics and their behavior differed significantly, and most of these differences were associated with nationality and culture. Associations between perceptions and behavior were also uncovered, which leads to the importance of understanding perceptions in order to change less ethical behavior regarding IT use.

摘要

本文讨论了大学生在 IT 道德观念和行为方面的差异。该研究是为数不多的对来自三大洲七个国家的 1,648 人的便利样本进行 IT 道德的多元文化差异研究的研究之一。我们采用了具有文化影响的道德决策模型，并将其应用于通过 Hofstede 分数操作化的 IT 道德观念、行为、国籍和文化之间关系的检查。我们通过在线问卷收集数据，受访者评估了以叙述形式描述各种 IT 道德问题的 21 个场景，以及关于个人对 IT 道德问题的行为的七个项目。个人对 IT 道德及其行为的认知存在显着差异，其中大部分差异与国籍和文化有关。