| Authors |
Purpose |
Study design |
Countries |
Major theme/s |
| Siegfried (2004) |
- assessing the attitudes on issues of computer ethics |
- 224 students;- questionnaire |
United States |
attitudes towards the ethical use of IT |
| Leonard & Cronan (2005) |
- identifying the attitude toward ethical behaviour in computer use |
- 422 students;- five computing cases |
United States |
ethical behaviour in computer use |
| McCarthy, Halawi, & Aronson, (2005) |
- measuring information ethical beliefs |
- undergraduate and graduate students;- five ethical scenarios |
United States |
beliefs towards the ethical use of IT |
| Siponen & Vartiainen (2005) |
- determining the factors affecting the unauthorized copying of software |
- 249 university students;- quantitative questionnaire |
Finland |
unethical computer use behaviour |
| Etter, Cramer, & Finn, (2006) |
- analysing the influence of personality factors on attitudes about cheating |
- 237 students;- questionnaire |
United States |
attitudes towards the ethical use of IT |
| Namlu & Odabasi (2007) |
- examining the unethical computer use behaviour |
- 216 students;- unethical computer use behaviour scale |
Turkey |
unethical computer use behaviour |
| Akbulut, Uysal, Odabasi, & Kuzu (2008) |
- evaluating unethical computer using behaviours |
- 559 students;- unethical computer using behaviour scale |
Turkey |
unethical computer use behaviour |
| Beycioglu (2009) |
- investigating unethical computer using behaviours |
- 314 prospective teachers;- unethical computer use behaviour scale |
Turkey |
unethical computer use behaviour |
| Karim et al. (2009) |
- exploring the relationship between the big five personality and unethical Internet use |
- 252 students;- questionnaire |
Malaysia |
unethical Internet use |
| Kuzu (2009) |
- identifying the opinions regarding the ethical issues of the IT |
- 20 computer professionals;- interviews |
Turkey |
opinions towards the ethical use of IT |
| Acılar (2010) |
- examining attitudes towards software piracy |
- 125 students;- questionnaire |
Turkey |
attitudes towards the ethical use of IT |
| Acilar & Yoruk (2010) |
- evaluating the attitudes towards ethical use of computers |
- 248 students;- questionnaire |
Turkey |
attitudes towards the ethical use of IT |
| Brooks (2010) |
- developing an ethics code that includes key areas in using IT |
- eight students;- reflections, content analysis |
United States |
ethical code on IT use |
| Chiang& Lee (2011) |
- exploring the ethical attitude and behaviours regarding computer use |
- 660 political science and public administration students;- questionnaire |
Taiwan |
ethical attitude and behaviours regarding computer use |
| Kaya & Durmus (2011) |
- measuring unethical computer use behaviour |
- 298 preservice teachers;- Unethical Computer Using Behaviour Scale |
Turkey |
unethical computer use behaviour |
| Alakurt et al. (2012) |
- assessing information judgments about ethical issues |
- 35 student teachers;- four scenarios based on IT ethical problems |
Turkey |
judgments about information ethical issues |
| Coklar (2012) |
- determine ICT ethical leadership |
- 305 students;- ICT ethical leadership scale |
Turkey |
ICT ethicalleadership |
| Iyadat, Iyadat, Ashour, & Khasawneh, (2012) |
- determining the level of awareness about computer ethics |
- 180 university students;- Computer Technology Ethics Questionnaire |
Jordan |
awareness about computer ethics |
| Liu (2012) |
- analysing cross-cultural differences between attitudes towards information ethics |
- 105 American and 98 Chinese students;- information ethics scenarios |
United States, China |
attitudes towards the ethical use of IT |
| Quah, Stewart, & Lee, (2012) |
- examining attitudes toward plagiarism |
- 160 business students;- questionnaire |
Malaysia |
attitudes towards the ethical use of IT |
| Jamil et al. (2013) |
- identifying the attitudes towards the ethical use of computer and IT |
- 498 teachers;- questionnaire |
Pakistan |
attitudes towards the ethical use of IT |
| Maisiri & Hikwa (2013) |
- establishing factors of information ethics to the use of social media |
- 19 faculty members;- exploratory-descriptiveDesign |
Zimbabwe |
attitudes towards the ethical use of IT |
| Pinar, Cakinrel, & Toker, (2013) |
- assessing the ethical behaviour regarding informatics |
- 154 academics;- scale of the improper computer use behaviour |
Turkey |
ethical behaviour in using IT |
| Hamiti et al. (2014) |
- investigating ethical perceptions of using IT |
- 225 medical students;- survey |
Macedonia |
ethical perceptions of using IT |
| Hosny & Fatima (2014) |
- identifying the attitude towards cheating and plagiarism |
- 148 students;- survey |
Saudi Arabia |
attitudes towards the ethical use of IT |
| Kim et al. (2014) |
- measuring factors affecting information ethics behaviour intent |
- 449 college students;- survey |
Korea |
the intention of ethical behaviour in using IT |
| Talib (2014) |
- evaluating the attitudes towards computer ethics |
- undergraduate students;- questionnaire |
Jordan |
attitudes towards the ethical use of IT |
| Abolarina, Tiamiyu, & Eluwa (2015) |
- examining computer ethics and security awareness behaviour |
- 520 students;- questionnaire |
Nigeria |
awareness about computer ethics |
| Akdemir, Vural, & Çolakoğlu (2015) |
- investigating the probability to perform unethical behaviours in the virtual environment |
- 352 prospective teachers;- 22 scenarios |
Turkey |
unethical computer use behaviour |
| Jamal, Ferdoos, Zaman, & Hussain, (2015) |
- exploring the perceptions regarding cyber-ethics |
- 304 students;- structured questionnaire |
Pakistan |
perceptions regarding cyber-ethics |
| Garcias & Marín (2016) |
- assessing ethics issues of digital contents |
- 125 pre-service teachers;- questionnaire |
Spain |
opinions towards the ethical use of IT |
| Jafarkarimi et al. (2016) |
- identifying the factorsof ethical decision-making in using social networking sites |
- 441 students;- questionnaire |
Malaysia |
ethical decision-making in using IT |
| Salehnia & Salehnia (2016) |
- measuring the perceptions on ethical issues in computing |
- students;- questionnaire |
United States |
ethical perceptions of using IT |
| Seif (2016) |
- analysing ethical behavioural intention of IT |
- 234 students;- questionnaire |
Iran |
ethical behaviours regarding IT use |
| Cilliers (2017) |
- evaluating the information ethical issues |
- 312 first-year students;- closed-ended questionnaire |
Eastern Cape Province |
opinions towards the ethical use of IT |
| Sargolzaei & Nikbakht (2017) |
- identifying ethical issues in the field of information technology |
- 283 students;- questionnaire |
Iran |
opinions towards the ethical use of IT |
