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Reference
| Title: | An exploratory study of moral intensity regarding software piracy of students in Thailand |
| Author: | Ranjan B Kini [Indiana University Northwest], H V Ramakrishna [Penn State Great Valley], B S Vijayaraman [University of Akron] |
| Source: | Behavior & Information Technology 22, no. 1: 63-70 |
| Year: | 2003 |
Details
| Subject/Type: | Piracy |
| Focus: | Software |
| Country/Territory: | Thailand |
| Objective: | To explore the relationship between moral intensity regarding software piracy and demographic variables, as well as the relationship between individual moral intensity and that of their community. |
| Sample: | 669 undergraduate and graduate business students |
| Methodology: | Questionnaire |
Main Findings
The study finds significant relationships between some demographic variables and the level of moral intensity towards software piracy (the moral imperative of a situation which is linked to the ethical intention of the individual, e.g. to copy or not to copy software): they include age, gender, undergraduate/graduate programme level, possessing a PC at home and the level of experience with computers. The level of moral intensity of individuals is also found to be influenced by their perception of the moral intensity level of the immediate community surrounding them (other students and university employees).
The authors highlight the following policy recommendations to increase the moral intensity of individuals and thus reduce software piracy: target age groups under 30 years of age; target females rather than males; focus on undergraduate students; target people with less advanced computer skills and increase moral intensity of other students and university employees.
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]