Richard A. Spinello

Dr. Richard A. Spinello is an Associate Research Professor in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College where he teaches courses on information technology ethics, social issues in management, and corporate strategy. Prior to joining the faculty of Boston College he worked as a programmer and marketing manager in the software industry. He has written and edited five books on information technology ethics, including CyberEthics: Morality an Law in Cyberspace and Regulating Cyberspace: The Policies and Technologies of Control. He has also written numerous articles and scholarly papers on ethics and management that have appeared in journals such as Business Ethics Quarterly and Ethics and Information Technology.

Publications

Internet Companies and the Great Firewall of China: Google's Choices
Internet Companies and the Great Firewall of China: Google's Choices
Richard A. Spinello. © 2015. 16 pages.
This chapter, focusing primarily on the search engine company Google, considers the problems Internet companies have confronted in adapting to the strict censorship regime in...
Internet Companies and the Great Firewall of China: Google's Choices
Internet Companies and the Great Firewall of China: Google's Choices
Richard A. Spinello. © 2014. 15 pages.
This chapter, focusing primarily on the search engine company Google, considers the problems Internet companies have confronted in adapting to the strict censorship regime in...
Google in China: Corporate Responsibility on a Censored Internet
Google in China: Corporate Responsibility on a Censored Internet
Richard A. Spinello. © 2012. 15 pages.
This chapter, focusing primarily on the search engine company Google, treats the normative issue of how U.S. or European companies should respond when asked to abet the efforts...
Intellectual Property Rights: From Theory to Practical Implementation
Intellectual Property Rights: From Theory to Practical Implementation
Richard A. Spinello, Herman T. Tavani. © 2008. 45 pages.
This chapter presents some foundational concepts and issues in intellectual property. We begin by defining intellectual objects, which we contrast with physical objects or...
Intellectual Property Rights: From Theory to Practical Implementation
Intellectual Property Rights: From Theory to Practical Implementation
Richard A. Spinello, Herman T. Tavani. © 2008. 45 pages.
This chapter presents some foundational concepts and issues in intellectual property. We begin by defining intellectual objects, which we contrast with physical objects or...
Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World: Theory and Practice
Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World: Theory and Practice
Richard A. Spinello, Herman T. Tavani. © 2005. 302 pages.
Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World is a collection of recent essays offering fresh perspectives on the scope and future of intellectual property rights. The...
Intellectual Property Rights: From Theory to Practical Implementation
Intellectual Property Rights: From Theory to Practical Implementation
Richard A. Spinello, Herman T. Tavani. © 2005. 66 pages.
This chapter presents some foundational concepts and issues in intellectual property. We begin by defining intellectual objects, which we contrast with physical objects or...
Trespass and Kyosei in Cyberspace
Trespass and Kyosei in Cyberspace
Richard A. Spinello. © 2005. 20 pages.
This chapter considers the theme of trespass in cyberspace. In order to prevent unauthorized use of their data several U.S. companies have hastily filed lawsuits alleging...
Managing Workplace Privacy Responsibility
Managing Workplace Privacy Responsibility
Richard A. Spinello, John Gallaugher, Sandra Waddock. © 2004. 24 pages.
This chapter presents an ethical case for strong workplace privacy rights, which have been jeopardized by the proliferation of monitoring systems and surveillance architectures....