Attitude towards information property rights among students : The case of International Islamic University Malaysia
Information Property issues are among the criteria of Computer ethics associated with the advent of Internet. New ethical issues are raising continuously due to the fast development of Information & Communication Technology I.C.T but ethical issues related with using I.C.T are unclear to mos...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English English |
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IEEE
2017
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/54428/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54428/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54428/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/54428/20/54428-Attitude%20Towards%20Information%20Property%20Rights.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/54428/31/54428_Attitude%20Towards%20Information%20Property%20Rights_SCOPUS.pdf |
| Summary: | Information Property issues are among the criteria
of Computer ethics associated with the advent of Internet. New
ethical issues are raising continuously due to the fast
development of Information & Communication Technology I.C.T
but ethical issues related with using I.C.T are unclear to most of
the students. This research explores the attitude of the
participants (students) of International Islamic University
Malaysia (I.I.U.M) to the issues related to Information Property
and studies the differences existence of characteristics of students
such as age, level of study, gender, marital status, and computer
usage regarding their attitudes with information Property issues.
A total of 219 participants were questioned from postgraduate
and undergraduate levels of I.I.U.M in Gombak campus. The
analysis shows that most students were insensitive to the
ethicality of information property and software copyright
compliance. No significant changes between individual
characteristics were found regarding students’ attitude towards
computer ethics and property. It is suggested that up to date
ethics education courses taught from an Islamic perspective as
part of curricula of the university can contribute students’
positive attitude to information property. |
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