Students' Intentions on Cyber Ethics Issues

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Author(s): Isaac Wiafe (University of Ghana, Ghana), Winfred Yaokumah (University of Ghana, Ghana)and Felicia Amanfo Kissi (Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 17
Source title: Modern Theories and Practices for Cyber Ethics and Security Compliance
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Winfred Yaokumah (University of Ghana, Ghana), Muttukrishnan Rajarajan (City University of London, UK), Jamal-Deen Abdulai (University of Ghana, Ghana), Isaac Wiafe (University of Ghana, Ghana)and Ferdinand Apietu Katsriku (University of Ghana, Ghana)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3149-5.ch007

Keywords: Business & Management / Cyber and Network Security / Cyber Ethics / Information Science Reference

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Cyber ethical decisions have grave moral, legal, and social consequences on individuals, organizations, and societies at large. This chapter examines the extent of cyber unethical intentions among students on cyber piracy, cyber plagiarism, computer crime and abuses, and cyber privacy infringement. Using frequency analysis and the t-test of independent samples, the results showed that almost 24% of the respondents have intentions to engage in cyber piracy and about 13% would infringe on others privacy in cyberspace. More respondents have intentions to commit cyber piracy as compared to other cyber ethic issues, while cyber privacy infringement was the least observed. Almost 30% of respondents had intentions to commit software piracy, and 18.6% would engage in hacking activities. Also, cybercrime and computer abuse were more common among males than females. Cyber plagiarism was significantly higher among foreign students when compared to local students. Cyber piracy, cyber plagiarism, computer crime, and cyber privacy infringement were significantly higher in public universities.

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