Development and application of the information ethical sensitivity measurement tool for college students in Korea

Soah Gwak, Hansung Kim, Wongyu Lee

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    Abstract

    This study developed a tool to measure the level of information ethical sensitivity, and provided implications for more proper information ethics education by investigating information ethical sensitivity score of college students. For this, this study developed an information ethical sensitivity measurement tool which is focused on the sensitiveness, the first factor of the four component model of moral behavior that Rest suggested, and by applying, analyzed the actual level of information ethical sensitivity of Korean college students. As a result, the score of the students who learned information ethics was 16 which was 2 higher than those who didnt, and the average score of Korean college students was 15. Therefore, this study could conclude that information ethics education and related researches to improve the information sensitivity are required.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - 2013 IEEE 37th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSACW 2013
    Pages639-643
    Number of pages5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    Event2013 IEEE 37th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSACW 2013 - Kyoto, Japan
    Duration: 2013 Jul 222013 Jul 26

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference
    ISSN (Print)0730-3157

    Other

    Other2013 IEEE 37th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshops, COMPSACW 2013
    Country/TerritoryJapan
    CityKyoto
    Period13/7/2213/7/26

    Keywords

    • Education
    • Information ethical sensitivity
    • Information ethical sensitivity measurement tool
    • Information ethics

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Software
    • Computer Science Applications

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