A proposed ethical warrant for global knowledge representation and organization systems

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 507-532

  Beghtol, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics; Information systems; National cultures; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036381838     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410210441     Document Type: Article

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