Exploring Cognitive Moral Logics Using Grounded Theory: The Case of Software Piracy

The article reports findings of a study conducted to explore the cognitive moral logics used for considering software piracy as ethical or unethical. Since the objective was to elicit the moral logics from the respondents, semi-structured in-depth interviews of 38 software professionals of India wer...

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Authors: Bhal, Kanika Tandon (Author) ; Leekha, Nivedita D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2008
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 81, Issue: 3, Pages: 635-646
Further subjects:B cognitive moral logics
B Software Piracy
B Grounded Theory
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