Emma Rooksby

Emma Rooksby is a research fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, Australia. She has worked in the field of computer ethics since 1996, and has published numerous articles and a book in the field. Recent publications include E-mail and Ethics (Routledge, 2002) and ‘Understanding Condemnation: A Plea for Appropriate Judgement,’ with Peta Bowden, in Pedro Tabensky (ed.) Judging and Understanding: Essays on Free Will, Justice, Forgiveness and Love, Ashgate, 2006 (forthcoming).

Publications

Digital Divides: Their Social and Ethical Implications
Digital Divides: Their Social and Ethical Implications
Emma Rooksby, John Weckert. © 2008. 29 pages.
This chapter considers the social and ethical significance of digital divides, where a digital divide is taken to be an intra- or international inequality in levels of access to...
The Digital Divide in Australia: Is Rural Australia Loosing Out?
The Digital Divide in Australia: Is Rural Australia Loosing Out?
Emma Rooksby, John Wekert, Richard Lucas. © 2008. 19 pages.
In this paper, the authors examine the problem of the digital divide in Australia, drawing substantially on a study by carried out for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)...
Information Technology and Social Justice
Information Technology and Social Justice
Emma Rooksby, John Weckert. © 2007. 292 pages.
The term digital divide is still used regularly to characterize the injustice associated with inequalities in access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). As the...
The Digital Divide in Australia: Is Rural Australia Loosing Out?
The Digital Divide in Australia: Is Rural Australia Loosing Out?
Emma Rooksby, John Wekert, Richard Lucas. © 2007. 22 pages.
In this paper, the authors examine the problem of the digital divide in Australia, drawing substantially on a study by carried out for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)...
Personal Autonomy and Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace
Personal Autonomy and Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace
Emma Rooksby, Natasha Cica. © 2005. 18 pages.
In this chapter we suggest a significant cause for concern about electronic surveillance in the workplace, namely the moral and political value of personal autonomy and the...
Digital Divides: Their Social and Ethical Implications
Digital Divides: Their Social and Ethical Implications
Emma Rooksby, John Weckert. © 2004. 19 pages.
This chapter considers the social and ethical significance of digital divides, where a digital divide is taken to be an intra- or international inequality in levels of access to...