TY - GEN
T1 - Unethical use of information technology
T2 - 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2012
AU - Chatterjee, Sutirtha
AU - Valacich, Joseph S.
AU - Sarker, Suprateek
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper investigates the phenomenon of unethical use of information technology (IT) by developing and testing a model that postulates multiple influencing factors of unethical IT use. Results from two studies of young adult participants in USA and Finland show that unethical IT use is primarily influenced by social (e.g., subjective norms), situational (e.g., moral intensity), and technological (e.g., technological facilitation) considerations. Differences between the two countries regarding this phenomenon also surface. The results suggest that multiple interventions at various levels may be required to combat the growth of unethical IT use, showcasing the practical significance of these research results.
AB - This paper investigates the phenomenon of unethical use of information technology (IT) by developing and testing a model that postulates multiple influencing factors of unethical IT use. Results from two studies of young adult participants in USA and Finland show that unethical IT use is primarily influenced by social (e.g., subjective norms), situational (e.g., moral intensity), and technological (e.g., technological facilitation) considerations. Differences between the two countries regarding this phenomenon also surface. The results suggest that multiple interventions at various levels may be required to combat the growth of unethical IT use, showcasing the practical significance of these research results.
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U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2012.621
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2012.621
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857985800
SN - 9780769545257
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 3071
EP - 3080
BT - Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 4 January 2012 through 7 January 2012
ER -