Ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate students
This study investigates the ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate computer science students at two public Malaysian universities. One hundred and fifty-nine students were asked to evaluate the code of ethics pertaining to computer ethics. A comparison of undergraduate computer scienc...
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| author | Masrom, Maslin Ismail, Zuraini Hussein, Ramlah |
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| description | This study investigates the ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate computer science students at two public Malaysian universities. One hundred and fifty-nine students were asked to evaluate the code of ethics pertaining to computer ethics. A comparison of undergraduate computer science students between two public universities was done to determine the level of ethical awareness of computer use. Independent Samples t-tests for differences were performed across four distinct groups: university, gender, age, and duration of computer use. The results of the tests conducted indicate that the ethical awareness of computer use of the students differ most significantly on the basis of the university itself. There were minimal differences across gender, age and duration of computer use. This suggests that computer ethics awareness training is needed for university users. The results are discussed and the implications for studies in an educational context are outlined. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-116892011-01-14T01:11:02Z http://eprints.utm.my/11689/ Ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate students Masrom, Maslin Ismail, Zuraini Hussein, Ramlah BJ Ethics QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science This study investigates the ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate computer science students at two public Malaysian universities. One hundred and fifty-nine students were asked to evaluate the code of ethics pertaining to computer ethics. A comparison of undergraduate computer science students between two public universities was done to determine the level of ethical awareness of computer use. Independent Samples t-tests for differences were performed across four distinct groups: university, gender, age, and duration of computer use. The results of the tests conducted indicate that the ethical awareness of computer use of the students differ most significantly on the basis of the university itself. There were minimal differences across gender, age and duration of computer use. This suggests that computer ethics awareness training is needed for university users. The results are discussed and the implications for studies in an educational context are outlined. ACM New York, NY, USA 2009-06 Article PeerReviewed Masrom, Maslin and Ismail, Zuraini and Hussein, Ramlah (2009) Ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate students. ACM SIGCAS Computers & Society, 39 (1). pp. 27-40. ISSN 0095-2737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1565795.1565798 doi:10.1145/1565795.1565798 |
| spellingShingle | BJ Ethics QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Masrom, Maslin Ismail, Zuraini Hussein, Ramlah Ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate students |
| title | Ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate students
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| title_full | Ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate students
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| title_fullStr | Ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate students
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| title_full_unstemmed | Ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate students
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| title_short | Ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate students
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| title_sort | ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate students |
| topic | BJ Ethics QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
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