The Relationship Between Ethical Decision Making and Ethical Reasoning in Information Technology Students.
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| Title: | The Relationship Between Ethical Decision Making and Ethical Reasoning in Information Technology Students. |
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| Authors: | Woodward, Belle1 bellew@siu.edu, Davis, Diane C.1 dcdavis@siu.edu, Hodis, Flaviu A.2 flaviuah@siu.edu |
| Source: | Journal of Information Systems Education. Summer2007, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p193-202. 10p. 4 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: | *Information technology, *Undergraduate programs, *Instructional systems, *Information resources management, *Educational innovations, *Educational technology, Information science, Social informatics |
| Abstract: | This study examined undergraduate information technology (IT) students' (N = 122) level of ethical reasoning and decision making at a Midwestern university. The purpose was to determine whether IT students' level of ethical reasoning provided information about the degree of their ethical decision making. The Defining Issues Test-2 (DIT-2) was used as well as an Ethics in IT survey instrument containing 21 vignettes related to the field of information technology. The findings did reveal a correlation between ethical reasoning scores (as measured by the DIT-2) and the level of ethical decision making related to an IT setting (as measured by the Ethics in IT survey). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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