Ethical Decision Making in ICT: Discussing the Impact of an Ethical Code of Conduct
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In December 2007 and January 2008 a survey on ethical aspects of ICT was executed.The aim was to assess the ethical behaviour of ICT-professionals in Belgium and thus opening a discussion on the need for an ethical code of conduct in the ICT-management domain.Respondents were asked to give their opinion on the ethical impact of nine ICT related cases.The target group involved in the survey consisted of ICT-professionals and managers involved in ICT-related decision making.This paper presents and discusses the results of the survey.So far few studies have been dealing with the topic of the impact of codes of conduct and ethics in the domain of ICT.Statistical evidence of the impact of an ethical code of conduct in ICT on decision making in potentially hazardous situations is presented in this work.In some cases, respondents with a code of conduct in their organisation tend to be more critical towards potentially unethical behaviour.
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- Authors
- Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, G., den Bergh, J., Deschoolmeester, D., & Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, G.
- Affiliations
- Vlerick Business School (BE)
- Venue
- Communications of the IBIMA
- Publisher
- IBIMA Publishing
- Published
- 2010-07-01
- Pages
- 1-11
- ISSN
- 1943-7765 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2120742845
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Communications of the IBIMA (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Flooding and Environmental Impact
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Information Technology Governance and Strategy
- Keywords
- ethical decision-making, ICT ethics, codes of conduct, ICT professionals, information technology management, moral behavior, professional ethics, ethical dilemmas, organizational ethics, Belgium
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