Information technology has provided numerous options to individuals, governments, and corporations around the world. These options demand that choices be made, and such choices often involve ethical decisions. Users must decide, for example, whether certain data should be made available on the Internet, whether the information contained in various databases should be sold to third parties, and whether software developers should be held responsible for social and economic problems that result from their programs. This book provides a rigorous but accessible discussion of some of the major...
Information technology has provided numerous options to individuals, governments, and corporations around the world. These options demand that choi...
The use of online technologies has made extensive employee monitoring by employers expensive and easy. The rights of employers--and the rights of employees--are explored in this thoughtful book that contributes to the debate and points the way toward solutions. The contributors come from a variety of disciplines, countries, and cultures, and so bring a wide range of perspectives to the issues.
The use of online technologies has made extensive employee monitoring by employers expensive and easy. The rights of employers--and the rights of empl...
The term digital divide is still used regularly to characterize the injustice associated with inequalities in access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). As the debate continues and becomes more sophisticated, more and more aspects of the distribution of ICTs are singled out as relevant to characterizations of the digital divide and of its moral status. The best way to articulate the digital divide is to relate it to other aspects of social and distributive justice, using a mixture of pre-existing theories within moral and political philosophy. These theories are complemented...
The term digital divide is still used regularly to characterize the injustice associated with inequalities in access to information and communication ...