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A Comparative Study on the Information Ethics of Junior High School Students Cognition and Behavior between Taiwan and China: Kaohsiung and Nanjing Regions Used as Examples

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A great deal of progress has been made on information ethics. Which portion is not sufficient? That might be the comparison from countries to countries. The purpose of this study was closely examined using the cross-cultural method for comparison. To determine the ethics cognitions and behaviors of the students, a comprehensive survey was distributed. The questionnaire for the study used Mason’s four essential factors in information ethics that included Privacy, Accuracy, Property and Accessibility (PAPA). The samples were comprised of Kaohsiung Taiwan and Nanjing China, junior high school students in 2006. The sample and the survey were obtained from two stages of random sampling that was conducted using an Internet website. Students could read the online questionnaire in the computer laboratory and then send immediate feedback to the website server. The result of the experiment showed the divergence of information ethics in cognition and behavior between Kaohsiung and Nanjing school children. The effects of background and correlation are from cognition and behavior between two regions.

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My special thanks are due to Dr. Kuo-Hung, Tseng (MIT Taiwan) and Dr. C. Ray Diez (UND) for reading the manuscript and making a number of helpful suggestions.

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  1. Department of Industrial Technology Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, No.62, Shenjhong Rd., Yanchao Township, Kaohsiung County, 824, Taiwan, ROC

    Wen-Jiuh Chiang

  2. Department of Industrial Technology Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, 9F.-1, No.9, Lane 5, De-an St., Lingya District, Kaohsiung, 80276, Taiwan, ROC

    Chihchia Chen & ChiaChien Teng

  3. Educational Science Research Institute, Nanjing Normal University, No. 122, Ningghai Road, Nanjing, 210097, China, PRC

    Jiangjun Gu

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Chiang, WJ., Chen, C., Teng, C. et al. A Comparative Study on the Information Ethics of Junior High School Students Cognition and Behavior between Taiwan and China: Kaohsiung and Nanjing Regions Used as Examples. Sci Eng Ethics 14, 121–138 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-007-9018-5

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