Charles Ess

Dr. Charles Ess is a Distinguished Research Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies, and a Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Drury University, USA. He completed his undergraduate majors in Philosophy (with Honors) and German from Texas Christian University, USA. Ess earned his Masters and Ph.D. in philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, USA, with additional Ph.D. research as a Bundesstipendiat at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. Dr. Ess has received awards for teaching excellence and scholarship, and published in comparative (East-West) philosophy, applied ethics, discourse ethics, history of philosophy, feminist Biblical studies, and computer-mediated communication (CMC).

Publications

Information Technology Ethics: Cultural Perspectives
Information Technology Ethics: Cultural Perspectives
Soraj Hongladarom, Charles Ess. © 2007. 260 pages.
Communication and commerce continue to connect people from different cultures through information technology. Information Technology Ethics: Cultural Perspectives is the single...
Foreword
Foreword
Charles Ess. © 2007. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Linguistic and Cultural Online Communication Issues in the Global Age.
From Computer-Mediated Colonization to Culturally Aware ICT Usage and Design
From Computer-Mediated Colonization to Culturally Aware ICT Usage and Design
Charles Ess. © 2007. 20 pages.
A number of examples demonstrate that technologies of computer-mediated communication (CMC) embed and foster specific cultural values and communicative preferences. Differences...
Universal Information Ethics? Ethical Pluralism and Social Justice
Universal Information Ethics? Ethical Pluralism and Social Justice
Charles Ess. © 2007. 24 pages.
The explosive, global diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and computer-mediated communication (CMC) confronts us with the need for an information...
Ethical Decision-Making and Internet Research: Recommendations from the AoIR Ethics Working Committee
Ethical Decision-Making and Internet Research: Recommendations from the AoIR Ethics Working Committee
Charles Ess, Steven Jones. © 2004. 18 pages.
The AoIR ethics statement, developed by ethicists and researchers from 11 countries, articulates guiding questions for online research appropriate to the many disciplines—both...