Accountability and reflective responsibility in information systems

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 195, Issue , 2006, Pages 51-68

  Stahl, Bernd Carsten ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; ICT; Pathological accountability; Reflective responsibility; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PATHOLOGICAL ACCOUNTABILITY; REFLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY; RESPONSIBILITY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33845547217     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-31168-8_4     Document Type: Article

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