علیرضا بوالهری - Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science and Research Branch. Tehran, Iran.
رضا رادفر - Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science and Research Branch. Tehran, Iran.
محمود البرزی - Professor, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science and Research Branch. Tehran, Iran.
علیرضا پورابراهیمی - Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch. Alburz , Iran.
محمود دهقانی - Assistant Professor, Iran Medical Sciences University, Behavior Sciences Faculty, Tehran, Iran.

With the advent of technology and its impact on organizations, managers’ decision-making process has been complicated; this has made ethical decision-making a vital discourse in information technology organizations, and the failure to comply with them can have many negative consequences. Accordingly, this empirical study is an attempt to present a model of individual ethical decision-making in the area of information technology with an emphasis on big data. The present study is applied in terms of its objectives, quantitative and descriptive in terms of its implementation process, and its required data have been collected using ethical scenarios. The statistical sample of this research consists of ۱۶۳ IT specialists, i.e. CEO and managers who interact with big data. Results show that the variables of "locus of control and ego strength" affect an individual’s ethical behavior. Although the variables of "self-esteem and self-efficacy" do not directly affect an individual’s ethical behavior, they both affect "ego strength". Moreover, the variable of "perceived probability of disclosure", which has been proposed for the first time in this research, has a significant effect on ethical intention. Finally, practical solutions are presented to reduce ethical risks.

Ethical Decision Making, Ethical Scenario, Information Technology, Ethics Research