The Ethics of Information Technology and Business (Fundamentals of Business Ethics)

This is the first study of business ethics to take into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the Information Age.* The first study of business ethics to take into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the Information Age. * Explores a wide range of topics including marketing, privacy, and the protection of personal information; employees and communication privacy; intellectual property issues; the ethical issues of e-business; Internet-related business ethics problems; and the ethical dimension of information technology on society. * Uncovers previous ignored ethical issues. * Underlines the need for public discussion of the issues. * Argues that computers and information technology have not necessarily developed in the most ethical manner possible. Content: Chapter 1 Ethics and the Information Revolution (pages 1–35): Chapter 2 Marketing, Privacy, and the Protection of Personal Information (pages 36–87): Chapter 3 Employees and Communication Privacy (pages 88–118): Chapter 4 New, Intellectual, and Other Property (pages 119–155): Chapter 5 Ethical Issues in Information Technology Business and E?Business (pages 156–202): Chapter 6 Ethical Issues on the Internet (pages 203–241): Chapter 7 Information Technology and Society: Business, the Digital Divide, and the Changing Nature of Work (pages 243–279):

This is the first study of business ethics to take into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the Information Age.

• The first study of business ethics to take into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the Information Age.
• Explores a wide range of topics including marketing, privacy, and the protection of personal information; employees and communication privacy; intellectual property issues; the ethical issues of e-business; Internet-related business ethics problems; and the ethical dimension of information technology on society.
• Uncovers previous ignored ethical issues.
• Underlines the need for public discussion of the issues.
• Argues that computers and information technology have not necessarily developed in the most ethical manner possible.

This is the first study of business ethics to take into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the Information Age.

• The first study of business ethics to take into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the Information Age.
  
• Explores a wide range of topics including marketing, privacy, and the protection of personal information; employees and communication privacy; intellectual property issues; the ethical issues of e-business; Internet-related business ethics problems; and the ethical dimension of information technology on society.
  
• Uncovers previous ignored ethical issues.
  
• Underlines the need for public discussion of the issues.
  
• Argues that computers and information technology have not necessarily developed in the most ethical manner possible.

This is a study of business ethics that takes into consideration the plethora of issues raised by the information age. It explores a wide range of topics including: marketing, privacy and the protection of personal information; employees and communication privacy; intellectual property issues; the ethical issues of e-business; Internet-related business ethics problems; and the ethical dimension of information technology on society. For each of the areas explored, the author uncovers ethical issues, underlines the need for more public discussion and argues that computers and information technology have not necessarily developed in the most ethical manner possible This is a study of business ethics that takes into consideration the issues raised by the information age. It explores a range of topics including: marketing, privacy and the protection of personal information; employees and communication privacy; and intellectual property issues. One second after midnight January 1, 2000, marked a banner moment encapsulating the promise and problems of the new millennium, the age of the information revolution.