Ethical competence and stress in IT-based work

AUTHOR Carl Åborg, Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos and enny öhman Persson ABSTRACT Background Stress-related problems in IT (information technology) – supported work are well known and well documented (Aronsson et al 1994, Smith 1997). In this paper we focus on stress related moral problems in work environments dominated by the use of IT tools. Our assumption is […]

Privacy Policies Online: further results from a continuing investigation

AUTHOR Steve McRobb and Simon Rogerson ABSTRACT This paper represents an update on the progress of an ongoing research project to investigate the characteristics of online privacy policies, and the ways that a sample of policies have changed over three biennial surveys undertaken in 2000, 2002 and 2004. Publication of a privacy policy is encouraged […]

What does Globalisation mean to you?

AUTHOR Mohamed M Begg ABSTRACT The word ‘globalisation’ can imply different meanings for different people across the world. This paper examines what ‘globalisation’ means particularly to people living in the East, and especially in the Arab/Muslim world. According to Walsham (2001, p.18), “The term globalization has achieved the unusual status, in a relatively short time, […]