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ERIC Number: EJ745220
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 5
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-2323
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Music Piracy--Differences in the Ethical Perceptions of Business Majors and Music Business Majors
Taylor, Susan Lee
Journal of Education for Business, v79 n5 p306-310 May-Jun 2004
In this study, the author investigated the ethical perceptions of business majors and music business majors from a private university and observed whether the taking of a business ethics course affected students' perceptions regarding the ethical aspects of downloading, sharing, copying, and selling copyrighted music from Internet and non-Internet sources. The author found that students who had never engaged in such activities were more likely to perceive them as unethical. Results also revealed that music business majors who had never downloaded music and had not taken an ethics course believed more strongly that such behavior was unfair to the music industry than did those who had not downloaded but had taken an ethics course. These findings have important implications for the music industry and educational institutions involved in ethics instruction. (Contains 4 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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