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The Ethical Dilemma of Software Piracy in Islamic Societies: The Case of Kuwait
Author(s) -
AlFadhli Salah
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the electronic journal of information systems in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1681-4835
DOI - 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2009.tb00281.x
Subject(s) - islam , dilemma , ethical dilemma , the internet , ethical issues , public relations , software , political science , business , law , internet privacy , engineering ethics , engineering , computer science , world wide web , philosophy , epistemology , programming language , theology
The nature of electronic communication tools, especially the Internet, raises serious ethical issues. As one of those ethical issues, software piracy has become a common activity particularly among college students who have been little deterred by industrial legal actions. While many studies have been conducted in western countries in attempt to identify factors affecting the software piracy, very little research was related to Islamic societies. In this paper, we intend to examine consumer ethical decision making and social norms regarding software piracy in Kuwait, an Islamic society.