Individuals are downloading copyrighted materials at escalating rates (Hill <CitationRef CitationID="CR34">2007</CitationRef>; Siwek <CitationRef CitationID="CR69">2007</CitationRef>). Since most materials shared within these networks are copyrighted works, providing, exchanging, or downloading files is considered to be piracy and a violation of intellectual property rights (Shang et...</citationref></citationref>

While a number of studies have examined the impact of gender/sex on ethical decision-making, the findings of this body of research do not provide consistent answers. Furthermore, very few of these studies have incorporated cross-cultural samples. Consequently, this study of 222 American and...