Network Ethics: Information and Business Ethics in a Networked Society
Journal of Business EthicsPublished 1 December 2009
Luciano Floridi
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The goal is to articulate and defend an informational approach to the conceptual foundation of business ethics, by using ideas and methods developed in information ethics, in view of the convergence of the two fields in an increasingly networked society.
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business agent, business process, ethical principles, information ethics, infosphere, networked society, network ethics, profit,
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