Information Technology and the Ethics of Globalization
[Book]
:Transnational Issues and Implications
/ Robert A. Schultz
Hershey, PA
: Information Science Reference,
, c2010.
xiv, 255 p.
"Premier reference source."--P.1 of cover.
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"This book summarizes the main theories of globalized ethics and show their inadequacies in dealing with IT-enabled global ethical problem"--Provided by publisher.
Section I. IT-enabled globalized ethical problems : IT-enabled global ethical problems -- Current ethically globalized institutions -- IT's contribution to globalization -- Section II. Theories of globalized ethics : The basis of ethical principles -- Domestic theories of justice -- Political realism and the society of societies -- Cosmopolitanism -- The ethical status of globalized institutions -- IT and globalized ethics -- Section III. A social contract for globalized institutions -- Globalized ethics and current institutions -- New global institutions -- Ethical implications for IT -- Section IV. Ultimate questions : IT-enabled globalization and the environment -- The value of IT-enabled globalization -- Conclusion.