See no evil? Ethics in an interventionist ICTD

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 46-55

  Dearden, Andy ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codes of ethics; Interventionist ICTD; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

CODES OF ETHICS; DEVELOPING REGIONS; DEVELOPMENT STUDY; ETHICAL QUESTION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERVENTIONIST ICTD; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH ETHICS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 84859045298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2160673.2160680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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