An Exploration into the Relationships of Ethical Decision Making and Moral Reasoning Among IT Specialists with Ethics Training, Education, and Ethical Leadership

This paper explores the current gap that exists in the relationships with IT specialists and ethics training concerning their decision making and moral reasoning. The theoretical basis for this study is grounded on Kohlberg's moral development model. The methodology used in the study was a qualitative method with the use of two surveys as a means of data collections. A group of IT specialists from a variety of occupational field utilizing IT systems participated by completing the Defining Issues Test 2 and the Ethics in IT Survey. Structural equation modeling and multiple regression testing was used to compare the relationships between all variables in the study.