Ebook: Business Ethics and the Electronic Economy
- Tags: Business/Management Science general, e-Commerce/e-business, Economics general
- Series: Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The internet and the electronic economy are a technological revolution whose secular importance is apparent. The internet eliminates the temporal and spatial constraints on the exchange of information. It changes deeply the world of production and of labour. It transforms the exchange relationships between producers and consumers as well as between the suppliers within the supply-chain. The electronic economy is able to generate more accurate con sumer profiles and, therefore, a more powerful and effective marketing di rected to the individual consumer. There is no industry that is not undergoing thorough changes caused by the internet. The volume at hand gives an analysis of the internet revolution. It covers questions reaching form the highly controversial thesis of the end of property rights in the internet caused by the non-rivalry of the "consumption" of in formation to questions regarding the repercussions of the internet on our understanding of the human person. Technological changes like the introduction of the electronic economy pose the question of how to handle it and how to manage reasonably its ethi cal problems and dilemmas. The ethical problems and the business ethics of the electronic economy in the fields of production and labour, of consump tion, and in handling trust and the abuse of trust are analysed by the contribu tions from applied ethics and business ethics.
The internet has set off a technological revolution that has produced thorough changes in all industries. The volume at hand gives an analysis of the internet revolution. It covers questions reaching from the highly controversial thesis of the end of property rights in the internet caused by the non-rivalry of the "consumption" of information to questions regarding the repercussions of the internet on our understanding of the human person. Technological changes like the introduction of the electronic economy raise the question of how to manage its ethical problems and dilemmas. Contributions from applied ethics and business ethics analyse the ethical problems and the business ethics of the electronic economy in the fields of production, labour, consumption, and in handling trust and the abuse of trust in the electronic business relationships. The reader is provided with a comprehensive analysis of the electronic economy and its technological, social, and ethical problems.
The internet has set off a technological revolution that has produced thorough changes in all industries. The volume at hand gives an analysis of the internet revolution. It covers questions reaching from the highly controversial thesis of the end of property rights in the internet caused by the non-rivalry of the "consumption" of information to questions regarding the repercussions of the internet on our understanding of the human person. Technological changes like the introduction of the electronic economy raise the question of how to manage its ethical problems and dilemmas. Contributions from applied ethics and business ethics analyse the ethical problems and the business ethics of the electronic economy in the fields of production, labour, consumption, and in handling trust and the abuse of trust in the electronic business relationships. The reader is provided with a comprehensive analysis of the electronic economy and its technological, social, and ethical problems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Evolution of the E-Economy: Consequences for Theory Building in Economics and in the Economy....Pages 3-33
Optimizing Individual Communication — Reducing Institutional Communication? The Necessity of a New Form of Business Ethics in the E-Economy Era....Pages 34-43
Changes in the Producer-Consumer Relationship in Electronic Commerce — Examples from Book Publishing and Trade....Pages 44-58
The End of Consumption in Information Society....Pages 59-76
Consumer Profiles in E-Commerce: How Companies Form Identities....Pages 77-85
Virtual Reality as a Problem of the Electronic Economy....Pages 86-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Tricksters on the Internet: eCommerce, Data Mining and the Parallel Context....Pages 105-124
Power Redistribution and Ethical Challenges in E-Commerce....Pages 125-143
Transcultural Ethics: Beyond the Electronic Economy of MTV....Pages 144-158
Consumers v. E-Business: Who Should Pay? An Ethical Discourse on the Right to Privacy....Pages 159-176
Ethical Crisis on the Internet: the Case of Licra vs. Yahoo!....Pages 177-208
A Sketch of Consumer Ethics with Particular Emphasis on Virtual Options....Pages 209-222
Building Consumer Trust in Online Markets....Pages 223-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-250
The internet has set off a technological revolution that has produced thorough changes in all industries. The volume at hand gives an analysis of the internet revolution. It covers questions reaching from the highly controversial thesis of the end of property rights in the internet caused by the non-rivalry of the "consumption" of information to questions regarding the repercussions of the internet on our understanding of the human person. Technological changes like the introduction of the electronic economy raise the question of how to manage its ethical problems and dilemmas. Contributions from applied ethics and business ethics analyse the ethical problems and the business ethics of the electronic economy in the fields of production, labour, consumption, and in handling trust and the abuse of trust in the electronic business relationships. The reader is provided with a comprehensive analysis of the electronic economy and its technological, social, and ethical problems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Evolution of the E-Economy: Consequences for Theory Building in Economics and in the Economy....Pages 3-33
Optimizing Individual Communication — Reducing Institutional Communication? The Necessity of a New Form of Business Ethics in the E-Economy Era....Pages 34-43
Changes in the Producer-Consumer Relationship in Electronic Commerce — Examples from Book Publishing and Trade....Pages 44-58
The End of Consumption in Information Society....Pages 59-76
Consumer Profiles in E-Commerce: How Companies Form Identities....Pages 77-85
Virtual Reality as a Problem of the Electronic Economy....Pages 86-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Tricksters on the Internet: eCommerce, Data Mining and the Parallel Context....Pages 105-124
Power Redistribution and Ethical Challenges in E-Commerce....Pages 125-143
Transcultural Ethics: Beyond the Electronic Economy of MTV....Pages 144-158
Consumers v. E-Business: Who Should Pay? An Ethical Discourse on the Right to Privacy....Pages 159-176
Ethical Crisis on the Internet: the Case of Licra vs. Yahoo!....Pages 177-208
A Sketch of Consumer Ethics with Particular Emphasis on Virtual Options....Pages 209-222
Building Consumer Trust in Online Markets....Pages 223-236
Back Matter....Pages 237-250
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