Les comportements volontairement déviants en termes de paiement. La théorie de la neutralisation appliquée au téléchargement illégal de musique

Ronan Divard and Patrick Gabriel

Revue française de gestion, 2013, vol. N° 230, issue 1, 101-117

Abstract: Our research aims to better identify the arguments that people put forward to justify their illegal downloading of music. It is based on the neutralization theory, explaining how individuals can violate the law by avoiding or limiting the guilt they may experience. The main findings of the research, conducted among 269 students, are that opportunism seems to prevail over ethical considerations, that sympathy and empathy for the victims of illegal downloading are almost non-existent and that we do not detect any real ideological dimension, which would reflect the existence of a digital counterculture clashing with commonly accepted values.

Date: 2013
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