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Reference
Title: | Shaping of moral intensity regarding software piracy in university students: Immediate community effects |
Author: | Hindupur V Ramakrishna [Penn State Green Valley], Ranjan B Kini [Indiana University Northwest], Bindiganavale S Vijayaraman [The University of Akron] |
Source: | The Journal of Computer Information Systems 41, no. 4: 47-51 |
Year: | 2001 |
Details
Subject/Type: | Piracy |
Focus: | Software |
Country/Territory: | United States of America |
Objective: | To study the impact of the immediate community on the development of moral intensity of students. |
Sample: | 800 undergraduate and graduate business students from two Midwestern universities |
Methodology: | Voluntary and anonymous questionnaire distributed during class time |
Main Findings
The study found that the moral intensity of students is significantly related to the perceived level of moral intensity of their peers. Therefore, the authors suggest that anti-software piracy campaigns should aim at influencing the perceived level of moral intensity of other students.
[Date Added: Aug 12, 2008 ]