ICT and an NGO: Difficulties in attempting to be extremely transparent

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-231

  Vaccaro, A ^a,b   Madsen, P ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Non governmental organization; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CHALLENGES; ETHICAL ISSUES; ETHICAL VALUES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION DISCLOSURE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; POLICY MAKERS; PRIVACY AND SECURITY;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; TRANSPARENCY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 70349116965     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-009-9180-3     Document Type: Article

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