Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society: Volume 13 Issue 1

The clean side of Slow Tech: an overview

Norberto Patrignani, Diane Whitehouse

This paper aims to provide an overview of clean information and communication technology (ICT), including a brief review of recent developments in the field and a lengthy set of…

ICT and sustainability: skills and methods for dialogue and policy making

Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos

The purpose of this paper is to present an overview and to discuss the following issues: most often, discussions about Information and communication technology (ICT…

ICT as an enabler for sustainable development: reflections on opportunities and barriers

Richard Bull

Information and communications technology (ICT) offers a peculiar twenty-first century conundrum, as it offers both a cause and solution to rising carbon emissions. The growth in…

Commentary: towards more responsibility in ICT

Kathrin Otrel-Cass

The purpose of this article is to provide a commentary to the conceptual article by Norberto Patrignani and Diane Whitehouse, The Clean Side of Slow Tech. This article explores…

Understanding the relevance of ethics reviews of ICT research in UK computing departments using dialectical hermeneutics

Damian Okaibedi Eke, Bernd Carsten Stahl, Christine Fidler

The purpose of this paper is to attempt to investigate how Information and Communications Technology (ICT) researchers in UK computing departments address ethics in their…

Using technology to draw borders: fundamental rights for the Smart Borders initiative

Maegan Hendow, Alina Cibea, Albert Kraler

This paper aims to examine the primary fundamental rights concerns related to biometrics and their use in automated border controls (ABCs), as well as how these issues converge in…

Augmented borders: Big Data and the ethics of immigration control

Btihaj Ajana

Investments in the technologies of borders and their securitisation continue to be a focal point for many governments across the globe. This paper is concerned with a particular…

Introduction to the invited paper by Norberto Patrignani and Diane Whitehouse

N Ben Fairweather