Slow Tech: A quest for good, clean and fair ICT

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 78-92

  Patrignani, Norberto ^a   Whitehouse, Diane ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Castlegate Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleant ICT; Environmentally sustainable; Ethically acceptable; Fair ICT; Good ICT; Slow Tech

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898947569     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JICES-11-2013-0051     Document Type: Article

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