Network Ethics: Information and Business Ethics in a Networked Society

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 649-659

  Floridi, Luciano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

business agent; business process; ethical principles; information ethics; infosphere; network ethics; networked society; profit

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957283204     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0598-7     Document Type: Article

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