Abstract
Using an online survey approach, this study examines the ethical dimensions and factors operating behind the game cheating behavior. Although the data indicated that young gamers were overall critical of cheating behavior in online games, cheating was found to be a common practice in online gaming community. It is found that gamers tended to dismiss the cheating action as morally insignificant due to peer influence and the play nature of online gaming. With regard to the ethical antecedents of cheating decisions, our results revealed that the personal moral philosophy of idealism had both direct and indirect influence on game cheating intention and behavior (partial mediation), meanwhile, the personal moral philosophy of relativism had only significant indirect influence on game cheating intention (full mediation) and cheating behavior (distal mediation).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 786-797 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding:The research reported in this article was funded by Shanghai Planning
Office of Philosophy and Social Science [Grant No. 2014BXW002] and
also supported in part by the National Research Foundation, Prime
Research programs
- ESHCC M&C