Analyzing privacy and security issues in the information age - An ethical perspective

WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 126-135

  Feng, Ji Xuan ^a   Hughes, Janet ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG WANLI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core value; Ethics; Global culture education; Law; Privacy; Security

Indexed keywords

CORE VALUE; ETHICS; GLOBAL CULTURE EDUCATION; LAW; PRIVACY; SECURITY;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 59649125832     PISSN: 17900832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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