Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society: Volume 2 Issue 3

The moral framework of cyberspace

Bernd Remmele

Morality, resp. moral communication, undergoes substantial changes when it is computer‐mediated, i.e. cyberspace provides a different moral infrastructure. Firstly, there are…

Gender bias in internet employment: A study of career advancement opportunities for women in the field of ICT

Andra Gumbus, Frances Grodzinsky

Women as individuals experience subtle discrimination regarding career development opportunities as evidenced by research on the Glass Ceiling. This paper looks at the…

Goverment and ICT standards: An electronic voting case study

Jason Kitcat

This paper examines and illustrates the process of setting technical intercommunication standards through a case‐study taken from the electronic voting industry. It begins by…

Online privacy: Explaining the nature and special features of the right to seek protection

Varvara Z. Mitliaga

This article attempts to explain and analyse the nature and characteristic features of a person’s privacy in the on‐line environment in order to assess how these features shape…

The virtual Colombo plan: Implications for developing countries

Emma Rooksby

This paper considers the available documentation on the Virtual Colombo Plan (or VCP for short), launched by the World Bank and the Australian Government in 2001. The Plan is one…