"This volume will generate broad appeal among information policy analysts, policy makers, system analysts, information professionals, scholars in fields including philosophy, computer science, information science, sociology, area studies, cultural studies, and anthropology."
– Soraj Hongladarom, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
This edited volume is a great effort to increase the awareness on complex moral and cultural issues of present global society. It encourages further thinking and practical action. The book is highly relevant for social scientists interested in ICT and vice versa. It is an important tool for critical thinking in the field of ICT public policy. It should become required reading in information ethics courses.
– Rafael Capurro, Stuttgart Media University, Germany
Contributors apply the study of ethics in science and technology in general to information technology from both general theoretical and specific cultural perspectives.
– Book News Inc., August 2007
Chapters in this book explore non-Western perspectives on common themes in information technology ethics and also seek to identify and discuss themes that 'exist solely or more prominently in non-Western cultures'. The thoughtful introduction describes at length, and persuasively, the rationale for this intercultural perspective. The introduction also provides an excellent overview of the book - describing both the contents and the organization.
– Rachel Bridgewater, Washington State University - Vancouver, USA
This book offers us a diverse and instructive collectionof essays which explore issues of this kind.
– British Journal of Educational Technology, Vol. 39, No.6 (2008)