De George The Ethics of Information Technology and Business

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77776-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Foundations of Business Ethics

This is the first study of business ethics to take intoconsideration the plethora of issues raised by the InformationAge.
* * The first study of business ethics to take into considerationthe plethora of issues raised by the Information Age.
* Explores a wide range of topics including marketing, privacy,and the protection of personal information; employees andcommunication privacy; intellectual property issues; the ethicalissues of e-business; Internet-related business ethics problems;and the ethical dimension of information technology onsociety.
* Uncovers previous ignored ethical issues.
* Underlines the need for public discussion of the issues.
* Argues that computers and information technology have notnecessarily developed in the most ethical manner possible.

Autoren/Hrsg.

De George, Richard T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
1. Ethics and the Information Revolution.
2. Marketing, Privacy, and the Protection of PersonalInformation.
3. Employees and Communication Privacy.
4. New, Intellectual, and Other Property.
5. Ethical Issues in Information Technology Business andE-Business.
6. Ethical Issues on the Internet.
7. Information Technology and Society: Business, the DigitalDivide, and the Changing Nature of Work.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Richard T. De George is University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Business Administration, and Director of the International Center for Ethics in Business at the University of Kansas. He is the author of over 180 articles and the author or editor of nineteen books, including Business Ethics (fifth edition, 1999) and Competing With Integrity in International Business (1993). He is a past president of both the American Philosophical Association and the International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics.