Ethical decision-making for knowledge representation and organization systems for global use

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 903-912

  Beghtol, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ETHICS POLICIES; GLOBAL USE; TECHNICAL SCIENCES; THREE-LEVEL MODELS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 23044439050     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20184     Document Type: Review

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