Ethical considerations in an online community: The balancing act

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-316

  Paris, Cecile ^a   Colineau, Nathalie ^a   Nepal, Surya ^a   Bista, Sanat Kumar ^a   Beschorner, Gina ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Communication Division ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Dependence; Fairness; Government; Online social support; Privacy; Welfare

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENCE; FAIRNESS; GOVERNMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELFARE;

DATA PRIVACY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84889583573     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-013-9315-4     Document Type: Article

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