scholarly journals What do college students do and think about IT ethics?

10.29007/jw8j ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milos Ulman ◽  
Albert Harris ◽  
Cristina Marreiros ◽  
Rui Quaresma ◽  
Murodjon Ganiyev
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Rapid Pace ◽  
It Ethics ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
One Way Anova

Ethics has become a part of many Information Technology (IT) and business classes at colleges and universities. However, the way of teaching IT ethical behavior is sometimes non-effective. Yet, many current ethical issues related to emerging technologies such as big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are not considered at all. The paper aims to explore relationships between students’ demographics and inclination towards unethical behavior. The study presents results of a multinational survey conducted with convenience samples of college students at public universities in seven countries from Europe, Africa and North America between October 2017 and January 2018. The survey instrument contained items reporting on perceived importance of IT ethics issues, personal experience with them, and several demographics questions. Data analysis is done with descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA and F-tests. We conclude that nationality, gender, degree year, computer skills and perception of the importance of IT ethics are significantly related with behavior. Perceptions and behavior of students evolve with the rapid pace of technology, which should be a major concern both for educators and business managers as they would recruit prospective employees from the current students.

The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Ai Ethics ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Control Complex

This book explores the intertwining domains of artificial intelligence (AI) and ethics—two highly divergent fields which at first seem to have nothing to do with one another. AI is a collection of computational methods for studying human knowledge, learning, and behavior, including by building agents able to know, learn, and behave. Ethics is a body of human knowledge—far from completely understood—that helps agents (humans today, but perhaps eventually robots and other AIs) decide how they and others should behave. Despite these differences, however, the rapid development in AI technology today has led to a growing number of ethical issues in a multitude of fields, ranging from disciplines as far-reaching as international human rights law to issues as intimate as personal identity and sexuality. In fact, the number and variety of topics in this volume illustrate the width, diversity of content, and at times exasperating vagueness of the boundaries of “AI Ethics” as a domain of inquiry. Within this discourse, the book points to the capacity of sociotechnical systems that utilize data-driven algorithms to classify, to make decisions, and to control complex systems. Given the wide-reaching and often intimate impact these AI systems have on daily human lives, this volume attempts to address the increasingly complicated relations between humanity and artificial intelligence. It considers not only how humanity must conduct themselves toward AI but also how AI must behave toward humanity.

scholarly journals Validation of the Abrahamic Forms of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS-5, CRS-10, and CRS-15): Evidence from Selected University Students in the Philippines

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Fides del Castillo ◽  
Clarence Darro del Castillo ◽  
Gregory Ching ◽  
Michael Ackert ◽  
Marie Antoinette Aliño ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Christian University ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Construct System ◽  
Skewness And Kurtosis

The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) is an instrument that measures the centrality, importance, or salience of religious meanings in personality. Addressing the dearth of research on the salience of religion among Filipino Christian youths, the researchers explore in this paper the degree of religiosity of selected university students and the relevance of religious beliefs in their daily life by validating the Abrahamic forms of the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS-5, CRS-10, and CRS-15). This paper specifically answers the following questions: (1) What CRS version is valid for Filipino Christian youths? (2) What is the position of the religious construct-system among selected Filipino Christian university students? and (3) How does the centrality of religiosity influences the selected Filipino Christian university students’ subjective experience and behavior? Means and standard deviations were calculated for the five subscales of the centrality of religiosity for CRS-5, CRS-10, and CRS-15. The distribution of the subscale scores was also computed using measures of skewness and kurtosis. Cronbach’s α values are provided for each of the subscales to establish internal consistency. Descriptive statistics were also computed with the use of the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 20. Bivariate correlations are reported for all CRS-15 items. This paper established that in a predominantly Christian country such as the Philippines, the CRS-15 is suitable in measuring the centrality of religiosity among Filipino Christian youths.

Authentic leadership and follower’s role ethnicality: the role of leader’s ethical voice and ethical culture

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asim Faheem ◽  
Ishfaq Ahmed ◽  
Insya Ain ◽  
Zanaira Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Authentic Leadership ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Ethical Culture ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Demand ◽  
The Past ◽  
And Behavior

Purpose The ethical issues arising at work demand the role of both leader and employees, but how both the levels are linked in determining the ethical responses is an area that has not gained due attention in the past. Against this backdrop, this study aims to address the influence of a leader’s authenticity and ethical voice on ethical culture and the role ethicality of followers. Design/methodology/approach Survey design has been used, and a questionnaire is used to elicit the responses. In total, 381 filled questionnaires were used for data analysis. Findings The findings of this study highlight the role of authentic leadership in predicting the role ethicality of followers both directly and through the mediation of ethical culture. Furthermore, a leader’s ethical voice strengthens the authentic leadership and outcome relationships (with ethical culture and followers’ role ethicality). The moderated-mediation mechanism has proved as the leaders’ voice foster the indirect mechanism. Originality/value There is a dearth of literature that has focused on leadership traits (authenticity) and behavior (ethical voice) in predicting the followers’ outcomes (perceptions – ethical culture and behaviors – role ethicality). The moderated-mediation mechanism has been unattended in the past.

Research on Constructing the Cultivation Mode of College Students’ Innovative and Entrepreneurial Psychological Quality in Mental Health Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 4568-4578
Author(s):  
Chunli Liu ◽  
Jianzhong Li
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Actual Process ◽  
Dynamic Tracking ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

Objectives: Under the background of entrepreneurship, college students have obvious entrepreneurial advantages and become the main force in the entrepreneurial army. Universities actively respond to the call of the state. Methods: In recent years, they have continuously expanded their enrollment, which has made many students exposed to higher education courses and increased the knowledge reserve of Chinese students. Entrepreneurial psychological quality refers to a kind of psychological quality level which is formed and continuously developed and matured under the influence of people’s entrepreneurial environment and corresponding society. Results: It is a reflection of people’s psychology and behavior. In the actual process of entrepreneurship, due to the lack of social experience and entrepreneurial psychological quality, it is often difficult for college students to achieve the desired goals, often ended in failure. It is important to cultivate the psychological quality of college students. Conclusion: Based on this, this paper constructs the cultivation path of College Students’ innovation and entrepreneurship psychological quality by improving the innovation and entrepreneurship health education curriculum, improving the psychological consultation mechanism, and doing a good job of psychological health dynamic tracking.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with the Fear of Falling after Discharge in Older Adults Who had Surgery after Experiencing a Fall Fracture

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-405
Author(s):  
Jin-Yeong Kim ◽  
Gwi-Ryung Son Hong
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Fear Of Falling ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Walking Aids ◽  
Explained Variance ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors associated with the fear of falling after discharge in older adults who had surgery for fall fractures.Methods: The participants were 143 older adults aged 65 or older hospitalized at the General Hospital due to a fall fracture. Data were collected from July 2019 to June 2020 using questionnaires for activities of daily living, pain, depression, and fear of falling. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation, and multiple regression.Results: The average age of the subjects was 75.34±6.89 years, and 74.1% were women. The influencing factors on the fear of falling after discharge were activities of daily living (β=.31, p=.001), age (β=.20, p=.004), the need for walking aids or assistance in walking before the fall (β=.20, p=.005), and pain (β=.15, p=.027). Total explained variance was 55% (F=13.17, p<.001).Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to actively intervene the fear of falling once older adults are hospitalized, considering the factors associated with the fear of falling after discharge in older adults who had surgery after experiencing a fall fracture and to develop an educational program to reduce the fear of falling.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing University Students’ Performance: A Comparison of Faculties’ Assumptions with Students’ Perceptions

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
Radheshyam H. Gajghat ◽  
Chandrahas C. Handa
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Academic Background ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The World ◽  
One Way Anova

In the previous research, it was proved that there were so many factors like students’ personal characteristics, family background, learning habits, previous academic background, college environment etc. which influence directly or indirectly the performance of college students in their university examination. The number of such factors has been identified by studying the previous work carried out by different researchers in different geographical areas and boundaries of the world. In many researches, when the opinions of the students and teaching faculties has been taken for similar factors to know the importance of these factors, the significant differences was found in their opinion for some factors. This paper investigates and compares the faculties’ assumptions with the students’ perceptions for various influencing factors. The comparison is done on the basis of their ranking of mean values of the factors allocated by students and faculties independently as per the importance of factors and one way ANOVA is used to check the significance of differences in their opinion. The result shows that there are similarities in the opinions of both, faculties and students, for most of the factors. But for some factors the significant differences in their opinion is also observed. The result of this research can be used for enhancing the performance of students by improving the influencing factors rank-wise. Top ranked factors may be given higher priority. Also this study will provide a platform for continuing the debate on the importance of various influencing factors for engineering students.

scholarly journals The mediating effect of optimism between grit and learning flow of nursing students

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-151
Author(s):  
Young Sook Kim ◽  
Kyoung Sook Lee
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Nursing College ◽  
Learning Flow ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
One Way Anova

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of optimism on the relationship between grit and learning flow in nursing college students. Methods: Structured self-reported questionnaires were used to measure grit, optimism and learning flow. The study was conducted on 200 nursing students in P, U and J cities between September 1 and September 20, 2020. The data were analyzed using a t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficients and hierarchical multiple linear regression with SPSS/WIN 23.0. Results: Significant relationships were found between learning flow and grit (r=.60, p<.001), between learning flow and optimism (r=.42, p<.001), and between grit and optimism (r=.42, p<.001). Additionally, optimism had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between grit and learning flow (Z=3.11, p<.001). Conclusion: These results indicate that interventions to increase the level of grit along with optimism is necessary in order to increase the level of nursing college students’ learning flow.

scholarly journals The Nature of Educational Tourism: The Aspects of Means-end Chain Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Tsai-Fa Yen ◽  
Qinglin Zhang ◽  
Yanxia Zhang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Educational Tourism ◽  
Tourism Resources ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Behavior

This study aimed at investigating the nature of educational tourism by the adoption of means-end chain approach. Data was collected by interviewing three college students who finished the survey at Panxi area in 2020. Means-end chain approach, then, was employed to analyze the data. Findings show that a total of six meaningful paths: professional competence - research work - the integrated value of knowing and doing, destination health tourism resources -research work - the integration of knowing and doing, professional competence - interpersonal communication -research motivation - the integration of knowing and doing, destination travel Impressions - research work – discovery, travel habits -research work – discovery, and interpersonal communication - research work - leisure and social value could be met to be the approached to the nature of educational tourism. For example, college students hope to bring together their knowledge and behavior by participating in educational tourism. By verifying their professional ability (attributes), completing the research work (results), and reflecting the study of tourism to use, and the integration of knowing and doing. Moreover, recommendations to the government, industry, and future research were drawn.

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