Junior Senior P

Mean SD Mean SD
Privacy
Use a computer to harm other people. 1.36 0.66 1.16 0.39 0.009
Interfere with other people’s computer work. 1.54 0.76 1.19 0.43 0.000
Snoop around in other people’s computer files. 1.23 0.45 1.13 0.45 0.091
Property
Use a computer to steal. 1.38 0.64 1.24 0.48 0.066
Use a computer to bear false witness. 2.21 1.22 1.81 1.02 0.010
Copy or use proprietary software for which 1.18 0.42 1.12 0.41 0.251
you have not paid.
Use other people’s computer resources without 1.85 1.19 1.25 0.67 0.002
authorization or proper compensation.
Appropriate other people’s intellectual output. 1.60 0.85 1.46 0.88 0.235

Social Impact
Do not think about the social consequences of 1.34 0.63 1.12 0.43 0.004
the program you are writing or the system you
are designing.
Always not use a computer in ways that ensure 2.35 1.38 1.59 0.94 0.030
consideration and respect for your fellow
humans.

The lowest mean score of Junior was 1.18 corresponding to “copy or use proprietary software for
which you have not paid”. Senior student for this mean score is 1.12. The highest mean score of
Junior is “Always not use a computer in ways that ensure consideration and respect for your
fellow humans” which is 2.35. Meanwhile for Senior is 1.81 which is “Use a computer to bear
false witness”. The highest differences between junior and senior students is “copy or use
proprietary software for which you have not paid” which is 0.251. The lowest differences
between junior and senior student is 0.000 which corresponding to “interfere with other people’s
computer work

Conclusion

The main purpose of this study was to explore the awareness of women in Malaysia in computer
ethics. This studied discovered that there is a significant differences in answer between junior
and senior students. It is found that senior students tend to have an ethical choices related to
computer issue compare to juniors. Junior students mean score was 1.18 corresponding to “copy
or use proprietary software for which you have not paid because of they are still lack of
awareness on how using a “crack” version of software seems illegal. Besides that, it is because
junior students are more likely young in terms of age which probably cause the maturity of their
ethical behavior is different from older than them.