Computer Ethics Opinion and Pattern of Ethical Problem Decision

Abstract

this article describes the opinion of first-year undergraduate student and their decision-making pattern in computer ethical issue. This research tool was a questionnaire. The data of 88 samples was collected and analyzed by descriptive statistics and multiple regressions. The research finding was all of respondents studied ethics course, and religion course. The 86 samples also studied law course. In ethical issues, most of the respondents used only their common sense in deciding what is right or wrong. The thirty-two of them used common sense, religion approach, and law together for decision-making. Two samples made a decision by either religion approach or law. Three samples made a decision by either to combine common sense with religion approach or to combine common sense and law. Their opinions on five precepts were strongly agreed level. For both of 10 commandments of computer ethics and hacker ethics, their opinions were agreed level. In analysis of relationship, the third precept (v11), Abstain from false speech, and gender could predict the opinion on ten commandments of computer ethics in terms of fraud (y).