The Ethics of Information Technology and Business

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.