AUTHOR J J Britz and M M M Snyman ABSTRACT Introduction Since the development and the introduction of the knowledge economy Knowledge Management has become an important scientific concept and many disciplines have laid some claims on it. As a re-discovery of the use of knowledge in an economic way to gain a competitive advantage […]
AUTHOR Philip Brey ABSTRACT Educational computing and distance learning initiatives have given rise to what has been called the Virtual University: a university without a (single) physical campus, that is cemented by electronic networks, including electronic mail, bulletin boards, video conferencing and shared electronic environments (Freeman et al., 2000; Tschang and Della Senta, 2001). The […]
AUTHOR Mike Bowern, Craig McDonald and John Weckert ABSTRACT This paper discusses some of the findings of an empirical research project set up to identify ways to predict the impact of software projects on a wide range of people, through an analysis of software project types, their stakeholders, and the issues which arise during the […]
AUTHOR Wojciech Jerzy Bober ABSTRACT In last decades, new ethical concerns arose from few various fields of social life. The development of technology, globalisation processes, and digitalisation, all prompted new moral problems and fear about the future of our moral condition and cultural heritage. Development of technology caused important changes in medicine as well as […]
AUTHOR Andy Bissett, Paul Parry, Innes Ritchie, Bob Steele ABSTRACT Computer games have often been the subject of moral criticism and even the cause of moral panics, especially amongst concerned parents, educationalists, and politicians [Morris, 2003]. Participating in a computer game is different to passively ‘consuming’ a film, television program, or text. It is reasonable […]
AUTHOR Andy Bissett ABSTRACT Science fiction writing has commonly been used as a vehicle to discuss alternative worlds, and to comment critically on the present one. It is also a natural genre in which to explore ethical dilemmas posed by scientific and technical developments, either proximate or imagined [Introna, 2003]. Of especial significance is that […]