Cross-national differences in computer-use ethics: A nine-country study

This study examines computer-use ang nine countries (Singapore, Hong Kong, United States, Great Britain, Australia, Sweden, Wales, and the Netherlands ). Based dice [1990], an instrument was developed containing three scales f ocusing on ethical attitudes toward software license infringement, use of v irus programs, and misuse of corporate computing resources. Analysis indica tes that there are significant differences in ethical values among national ities for each of these scales.