Hard drive: Bill Gates and the making of the Microsoft empire
Hard drive: Bill Gates and the making of the Microsoft empire
Using the new ACM code of ethics in decision making
Communications of the ACM
Computer ethics: cautionary tales and ethical dilemmas in computing
Computer ethics: cautionary tales and ethical dilemmas in computing
Case Studies in Information and Computer Ethics
Case Studies in Information and Computer Ethics
Computers, Ethics, and Society
Computers, Ethics, and Society
Plagiarism in programming assignments
IEEE Transactions on Education
Parameters for Software Piracy Research
The Information Society
Is music downloading the new prohibition? What students reveal through an ethical dilemma
Ethics and Information Technology
How Can It Be Wrong When It Feels So Right?: Ethical Decision Making and New Technology
International Journal of Technoethics
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Software piracy is older than the PC and has been the subject of several studies, which have found it to be a widespread phenomenon in general, and among university students in particular. An earlier study by Cohen and Cornwell from a decade ago is replicated, adding questions about downloading music from the Internet. The survey includes responses from 224 students in entry-level courses at two schools, a nondenominational suburban university and a Catholic urban college with similar student profiles. The study found that there has been few if any changes in student opinions regarding the unauthorized duplication of copy- righted materials. Students generally felt that copying commercial software and downloading music from the Internet was acceptable and found that there was no significant correlation between student attitudes and their school's religious affiliation or lack thereof. Additionally, the study found that a small but significant percentage of respondents considered the other questionable behaviors as ethically acceptable. Finally, the reasons for these attitudes are discussed as well as what colleges can do to correct the situation.