The ethics of information transparency

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-112

  Turilli, Matteo ^a,b,c   Floridi, Luciano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computer ethics; Information transparency; Semantic information; Software design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ETHICS; DATA AND INFORMATION; ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS; ETHICAL PRACTICES; ETHICAL PRINCIPLES; INFORMATION PRODUCTION; INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY; SEMANTIC INFORMATION;

SOFTWARE DESIGN; TRANSPARENCY;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 67349247866     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-009-9187-9     Document Type: Article

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