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Accountability and Ethics in Knowledge Management

Accountability and Ethics in Knowledge Management

Frank Land, Urooj Amjad, Sevasti-Melissa Nolas
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781605661407|ISBN10: 1605661406|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616925437|EISBN13: 9781605661414
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-140-7.ch007
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Land, Frank, et al. "Accountability and Ethics in Knowledge Management." Knowledge Management, Organizational Memory and Transfer Behavior: Global Approaches and Advancements, edited by Murray E. Jennex, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 109-118. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-140-7.ch007

APA

Land, F., Amjad, U., & Nolas, S. (2009). Accountability and Ethics in Knowledge Management. In M. Jennex (Ed.), Knowledge Management, Organizational Memory and Transfer Behavior: Global Approaches and Advancements (pp. 109-118). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-140-7.ch007

Chicago

Land, Frank, Urooj Amjad, and Sevasti-Melissa Nolas. "Accountability and Ethics in Knowledge Management." In Knowledge Management, Organizational Memory and Transfer Behavior: Global Approaches and Advancements, edited by Murray E. Jennex, 109-118. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-140-7.ch007

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to argue the case that the study of Knowledge Management should embrace considerations of ethics and accountability. Knowledge Management—a relatively new discipline—is often seen as a necessary but benign component of any modern business organization. This chapter suggests that underlying modern notions of knowledge management are the far older practices comprising the management of knowledge prevalent in most spheres of human activity. Many of these are political in nature, and distort and manipulate knowledge to achieve ends which may include criminal activity and fraud, but often merely serve to further the aims of organizational actors. The discipline called Knowledge Management has much to learn from the ancient art of the management of knowledge.

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