Ethical Issues in eBusiness: A Proposal for Creating the eBusiness Principles
Autor: | James Weber, Jennifer Paige Nightingale, A. Graham Peace, Kathleen S. Hartzel |
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Rok vydání: | 2002 |
Předmět: |
Information Age
Supply chain management Sociology and Political Science Electronic business business.industry Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Customer relationship management Corporation Newspaper Industrial relations Conversation Business and International Management Marketing business Enterprise resource planning media_common |
Zdroj: | Business and Society Review. 107:41-60 |
ISSN: | 1467-8594 0045-3609 |
DOI: | 10.1111/0045-3609.00126 |
Popis: | e Business seems to be the topic of conversation, wherever a businessperson turns today. Retailers small and large are creating web sites, and business-to-business ecommerce is expanding exponentially. In the ebusiness paradigm, employees regularly telecommute, cell phones are pervasive, and email is the preferred method of communication. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are revolutionizing the internal operations of the corporation, while customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM) applications are integrating partnerships with environmental entities. eBusiness success stories are touted in newspapers and airplane magazines, and Amazon.com is as well known as companies ten times as old. Despite some much publicized bumps in the road, the information age has arrived. However, there are long-term ethical and social implications of these business trends that may be overlooked, as they do not fit into the profit picture. In addition, ethical principles needed as guides in conducting ebusiness are lacking. This article |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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