Concerns about the increased use and abuse of information technology have evolved into more formalized evaluations computer ethics in many organizations. While ethical situations regarding usage, privacy, ownership been previously researched by focusing on as a holistic construct, recent research has produced an scale which measures not one but three dimensions ethics: moral equity, relativism, contractualism. The purpose this is to extend previous users evaluated using single item. authors...

Risks to software development are present throughout the creation of information systems (IS). The ability researchers and practitioners consider risk within their models project management methods has been hampered by lack a rigorously tested instrument measure properties. An based on properties described in literature is proposed. A survey 152 IS participants was collected examine reliability validity instrument, both which appear strong. then used empirically demonstrate strong...

Abstract With business ethics a concern in society, the Multidimensional Ethics Scale (MES) has been used to study respondents' views of various scenarios. Given pervasiveness Internet, this seeks offer insights into Internet college students, major category user, by using MES explore students' perspectives on questionable practices involving privacy, accuracy, property, and accessibility (PAPA) issues. Results suggest students are willing engage practices, hold "buyer beware" view web-based...

It has been suggested that observed differences in self-confidence between the sexes may be dependent on context and domain of items tested. Expressed toward financial analysis by men women was assessed a survey mailed to 450 professional business analysts university professors accounting. Respondents analyzed set multiyear corporate reports reported their assessments six areas. significantly higher for than women.

Many healthcare providers in the US are seeking increased efficiency and effectiveness by rapidly adopting information technology (IT) solutions such as electronic medical record (EMR) systems. Legislation Health Information Technology for Economic Clinical Act (HITECH), which codified adoption "meaningful use" of records US, has further spurred industry-wide EMR. However, despite what often large investments EMR, studies indicate that industry maintains a culture system workarounds. Though...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact two-way, computer-mediated communication on investigator perceptions whistleblower credibility. Design/methodology/approach Investigators were recruited participate in an online experiment that tasked subjects with evaluating simulated between and whistleblower. Several rival explanations also examined account for potential confounds. Findings While anonymous whistleblowers perceived be less credible than identified when...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a surge in telework, with many organizations using telework to continue operations. Teleworkers are subject stress due the demands of working from home. Despite common view as being detrimental, can also be beneficial. In this paper, we investigate two forms stress, eustress (beneficial stress), and distress (detrimental stress) theoretically-derived model that includes antecedents outcomes distress. We test our data survey 525 American teleworkers....

Telecommuting is the practice of working at some remote location via use telecommunications equipment and a personal computer. Since adoption acceptance this has not kept pace with other technological innovations, it seems important to investigate factors affecting phenomenon. Information Systems (IS) managers were identified as population study since they are usually heavily involved in decisions. A structural equation model (SEM) was used test for relationship among variables under...

Telecommuting is the practice of working at some remote location via use telecommunications equipment and a personal computer. Since adoption acceptance this has not kept...

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Investments in Information Technology (IT) are an increasing part of organizational expenditures spite the fact that there is little evidence existing literature suggests these investments related to organization’s performance. The uncertainty IT investment payoff...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify pre‐loan factors that ultimately impact post‐loan risk ratings small business in southern Arkansas. Design/methodology/approach Ordinary least squares linear regression analysis conducted on data determine which contribute higher credit ratings. Findings Businesses with records loan repayment and personal financial assets at stake are more likely be assigned better Additional indicates businesses no past due collections or judgments, having...

Measures of reported self-confidence in performing financial analysis by 57 professional female analysts, 29 born between 1946 and 1964 28 1965 1976, were investigated reported. Because one's ability affects buy, sell, hold recommendations decisions, it is important the securities industry. The respondents analyzed a set multiyear corporate statements their six separate areas. Data from analysts tallied using both univariate multivariate statistical tests. Rated was significantly higher for...

In today's business world, information security is a top strategic issue. The issues faced by organizations are complex and addressing them can be expensive. Key findings from previous research suggest that informal methods of enhancing employees' awareness effective inexpensive. This study builds on introduces seven hypotheses related to advice sharing in organizations. model was tested 334 currently employed technology-using professionals conscious results indicated attitudes, perception...

<bold xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Background:</b> During the COVID-19 pandemic, popularity of teleworking has risen. Telework seems poised to remain popular even after pandemic fades away. As a result, it is important understand humanistic effects telework such as distress, coping responses, and related effects. xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Literature review:</b> Uncertainties can lead distress. When this occurs,...

Information Technology (IT) investments have increased at a rapid pace in recent years, partly due to the growth electronic commerce (e-commerce). As firms begin invest more financial resourc...

Investments in Information Technology are a major component of company budgets. The returns on these expenditures sometimes hard to quantify, yet they seem be increasing more each year.This study examines data from over 1500 accounting firms two year time period. Analysis the yields results about changes technology expenditures, online access, and support areas. Results indicate that spending IT.

Information systems (IS) managers from two geographic regions of the United States, West Coast and Southeast, were selected as population to study. The IS asked respond a series twelve advantages eleven disadvantages associated with telecommuting. Each item's importance was recorded on seven point Likert scale, where one indicated very unimportant important. Demographic data respondents also collected identify age, organization size, salary level whether or not their company had...