Ethics in the autonomous vehicle (AV) development process: How does the person-organization ethics fit influence the ethical performance of AV?

The autonomous vehicle (AV) industry has garnered significant attention from society. AVs operate in a challenging environment and must uphold ethical principles throughout their operation. It is crucial to ensure that AVs exhibit strong ethical performance, which refers to the adherence to ethics requirements set by their development companies. Designers, developers, and testers play critical roles in AV development and in determining the ethical performance of AV. Individuals in the AV development team, however, may possess different ethics or differing levels of agreement with the ethics requirements for AVs. The correspondence between the ethics of individuals in development and ethics requirements for AVs could be regarded as person-organization (P-O) ethics fit. Therefore, our research question is: How does the person-organization (P-O) ethics fit influence the ethical performance of AV? This research primarily investigates the effects of the P-O ethics fit on the outcome of AV development. By conducting a comprehensive literature review and developing theoretical frameworks, we propose 10 hypotheses and a research model. The structural equation modeling (SEM) approach is applied to assess and estimate the model and hypotheses. The results show that the P-O ethics fit plays a critical role in determining the ethical performance of AV. The P-O ethics fit positively influences the ethical performance of AV through work-related attitudes, motivation, and organizational citizenship behaviors. The results also demonstrate that the P-O ethics fit profoundly affects motivation, organizational citizenship behaviors, innovative work behaviors, turnover intentions, and work-related attitudes. The limitations and theoretical and practical contributions of this research are discussed, and directions of future research are also provided

Switching Behaviors of Transportation Services in Mobile Payment Applications

Mobile payment is becoming more and more popular recently. Transportation service in mobile payment applications is regarded as an important way to realize a natural evolution of electronic payment that enables feasible and convenient mobile commerce transactions. As more people are using or begin to use mobile payment, the competition among mobile payment applications based on payment platforms is a typical “winners-take-all.” As such, understanding how mobile payment influences the society, industries, and users’ behaviors is critical for both academics and practitioners. This study addresses two research questions: (1) What are the factors that influence users’ switching behaviors in choosing transportation services in mobile payment application? (2) How do these factors influence users’ switching behavior? This research uses the Push–Pull–Mooring (PPM) framework as the basic framework to investigate the switching behavior. Based on an extensive literature review, accessibility concern and the monetary rewards of alternatives are identified as Push and Pull factors, respectively, whereas inertia and privacy awareness are identified as Mooring factors. A research model has been developed. This research can advance the understanding of formation of switching behavior within the context of transportation services in mobile payment applications and also enrich the PPM framework by identifying specific contextual factors such as privacy awareness and perceived accessibility of transportation services in mobile payment applications. Our study can help companies identify the advantages and disadvantages in keeping existing users and attracting new users

Design and delivery of an online information systems management course for MBA programs

Aim/Purpose In this paper, we present our experience in design and delivery of a graduate Information Systems Management (ISM) course in an online MBA program. Also presented are a detailed examination of the design and delivery of the online course, survey results of students\u27 perceptions and backgrounds, course evaluation results, best practices and lessons learned, and potential changes and future actions. Background This graduate ISM course needs to not only cover a broad range of dynamic technology and business topics, but also strike a balance between the width and depth of the content. Effective course design and delivery are critical to improved teaching and learning, especially when the course is delivered online. Methodology We provided a comprehensive review of the related literature to develop guidelines for the design and delivery of our ISM course; we collected survey data to evaluate the students\u27 backgrounds and their perceptions of the course; we used data analysis and content analysis methods to assess the course evaluation results. Contribution A review of the related literature indicates that IS researchers and educators have not adequately studied online graduate education. Given the importance of the graduate ISM course in most MBA programs, and the lack of attention from the IS community, it is critical to address this gap in the research. We believe we have done so with this paper. Findings The paper\u27s major findings are embedded in a detailed examination of the de-sign and delivery of the online course, survey results of students\u27 perceptions and backgrounds, course evaluation results, best practices and lessons learned, and potential changes and future actions. Recommendations for Practitioners Even though our experience may not be fully applicable to other institutions, we hope our IS colleagues can learn from the design and delivery of this online course, as well as our best practices and lessons learned to improve the teaching and learning effectiveness in IS online graduate education, in general. Furthermore, we provide instructors with an actionable framework onto which they can map their current course offering, and compare their current pedagogical offering to literature driven best practices for ISM courses, in particular. Recommendations for Researchers It is our hope that the design and delivery of this online course, and our best practices and lessons learned can inspire our IS colleagues to search for innovative ways to improve the teaching and learning effectiveness in IS online graduate education. In addition, we distill a literature driven framework for ISM courses design and delivery that can help researchers frame their pedagogical research questions. Impact on Society The online course in this study prepares students for more efficiently and ef-fectively delivering IT systems in organizations. Many MBA students work for non-profits and other socially-focused organizations and are able to use the skills learned in the course for the betterment of society. Future Research We will continue to monitor the impact of the changes on student learning effectiveness and attempt to identify additional innovative ways to improve the design and delivery of this online ISM course