[AISWorld] 4th IT & Culture Workshop on Information Systems Ethics University Paris Descartes (June 6th)

Tue Jan 28 03:35:44 EST 2014

Hi all,
please consider submitting a paper to the 4th IT & Culture Workshop which
will be held in the University of Paris Descartes the 6th of June 2014.
The dl is approaching : February 7, 2014
Hope to see  you in Paris
Regards
Hajer
http://www.cerimes.org/uploaded/cfp-culture-and-ethics-in-information-systems-hk-sept2013.pdf

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Madame Hajer Kefi, PhD, HDR
Maître de Conférences
Habilitée à diriger des recherches
Responsable du parcours CSIC en L3 SEG Université Paris Descartes

Chercheur au CERIMES/CEDAG -EA 1516
Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité
hajer.kefi at parisdescartes.fr

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*4th IT & Culture Workshop, Friday June 6th 2014*

University of Paris Descartes & Rouen Business School

*Culture and Information Systems Ethics *

Call for papers

How to address the ethical issues related to Technology and Information
Systems (IS/IT) development and use? This question is recognized as
important by practitioners and academics alike (Chatterjee, Sarker and
Fuller, 2009; Mingers and Walsham, 2010) who jointly call for theoretical
development and pragmatic tools to handle IS/IT ethics concerns.

In this workshop, we focus more particularly on how human interactions with
IS/IT could raise ethical implications and what is the role of culture in
this process? Many different theoretical domains may be mobilized toward
relevant contributions for the workshop e;g., philosophy, psycho sociology,
law and management science.

Following Bynum (2011), we define Computer Ethics as the branch of applied
ethics which analyses the impacts of IS/IT on the rules of conduct in
society. Other neighboring terms exist, such as information or
informational ethics which study ethical cases involving information
systems devices and networks and refer to organizational contexts as well
as private practices. Norbert Wiener is recognized as the founder of this
field in the1940s.  Besides his seminal work on cybernetics, Wiener
considers that the "great principles of justice" of one's society could
serve as the analytical canvas within which IS/IT ethical issues have to be
addressed (Wiener, 1950). During the 1980s, Maner has clearly related IS/IT
ethics, i.e. "*ethical problems aggravated, transformed or created by
computer technology*" to philosophy and highlighted the utilitarian and
deontological underpinnings of this field.  Another significant turning
point was Moor's article "*What Is Computer Ethics*?" (1985), in which he
argues that computer technology is revolutionary because it is logically
malleable: "*Computers are logically malleable in that they can be shaped
and modeled to do any activity that can be characterized in terms of
inputs, outputs and connecting logical operations [. . .] Because logic
applies everywhere, the potential applications of computer technology
appear limitless*" (Moor, 1985, p.266). At the same period, Mason (1986)
has made a valuable contribution by defining four ethical concerns;
privacy, integrity, intellectual property and accessibility.  Since that
time, an extensive number of issues have emerged including private data
protection (Sviokla et Gentile, 1990), IS/IT misuse (Dorf, 1999, Desai,
Mayur et Von der Embse, 2008) and cyber criminality ((Baltzan and Phillips,
2008). Gotterbarn's (1991) approach of IS/IT ethics is not focused on usage
but advocates for a deeper attention to professional ethics in order to
settle down standards of good practice and codes of conduct for IT
professionals.

As pointed out by Mingers and Walsham (2010), the cultural dimension of
this debate is inherently related to the economic globalization phenomenon
and to some specific usages of IS/IT which are intrinsically global: it is
the case of Internet in general and of many web2.0 applications (Capurro,
2008). The question here is about cultural ethical diversity. To what
extent are ethical issues defined within specific cultures rather than
being universal? Ess (2006, 2008) sustains that a global ethical
cultureemerges due to converging shared values, whereas many topics
remain
inextricably rooted in specific ethical traditions. The debate of
universalism versus pluralism is more salient for some issues, like the
protection of privacy which does not have the same importance in Western
and Eastern cultures. Davison et al. (2009) have for example tested the
theory of cognitive moral development of Kohlberg (1969, 1981) in a
non-Western cultural context to study the ethical reasoning of IT
professionals in China and Japan.

Culture at the organizational level has also generated a research interest.
Banerjee, Cronan and Jones (1998) have provided evidence about the
importance of the ethical organizational climate in shaping ethical
behaviors:

"*The most important variable in explaining ethical behavior intention was
the organization-scenario variable (...). In addition, an individual's
personal normative beliefs and organizational ethical climate were
statistically significant variables. Moral judgment and attitude were not
statistically significant*" (Banerjee, et al. 1998, p. 46).

Reindenbach et Robin (1991) have reminded us that the cognitive moral
development of the organization is determined by the organizational culture.
IS/IT governance decisions affect and are affected by the fundamental
organizational values:

"*The moral development of a corporation is determined by the
organization's culture and, in reciprocal fashion, helps define that
culture. In essence, it is the organization's culture that undergoes moral
development*"(Reindenbach et Robin 1991).

All these developments raise multiple issues:

What are the philosophical underpinnings of IS/IT ethics in theory and
practice? What is the relevance of the classical theories of ethics, i.e.
deontology, consequentialism and virtue ethics (Mingers and Walsham, 2010)
to fathom current ethical issues? What is the relevance of more recent
approaches in line with pragmatic theory (Dewey,1948; James, 2007), or with
the philosophical theory of information (Floridi, 2002, 2008)?

How does culture (national/organizational/occupational...) influence the
individual/organizational ethical positioning vis-à-vis IS/IT? How could
this positioning be related to a form of emergent digital culture (Walsh,
Kefi and Basekerville, 2010)? What is the linkage between ethical
positioning and  individual and organizational values?

>From a psycho sociological perspective, what is the linkage between IS/IT
ethical positioning and the cognitive moral development of the individuals
and organizations interacting with IS/IT tools and networks?

This workshop aims to stimulate a deep theoretical reflection on IS/IT
ethical issues and also to produce pragmatic managerial solutions. Possible
topics include, but are not limited to:

·         Applications of classical ethical theory

·         Relevance and limitations of recent approaches of ethics

·         IS/IT ethics and law

·         Use/misuse of IS/IT and the impact of culture

·         IS/IT ethics and IT culture

·         IS/IT ethics and sociological changes

·         Private versus professional life and organizational practices

·         IS/IT ethics and organizational governance

·         IS/IT ethics in e-commerce

·         IS/IT ethics and Social Networking Sites usage

Organizing committee

Hajer Kefi, Associate professor, HDR, University of Paris Descartes
Isabelle Walsh, Associate Professor, Rouen Business School
Sarah Benmoyal, Assistant Professor, University of Paris Descartes
Aline Boissinot, Assistant Professor, University of Paris Descartes
Myriam Manzano, Assistant Professor, University of Paris Descartes
Alya Mlaiki, Assistant Professor, ESDES Lyon
Lamine Sarr, doctoral student, University of Paris Descartes
Pierre-Michel Simonin, University of Paris Descartes

 Scientific Committee

Anol Bhattacherjee, Professor, University of South Florida

Marc Bidan, Professor, University of Nantes

Martine Brasseur, Professor, University of Paris Descartes

Marc Favier, Professor, University of Grenoble

Michel Kalika, Professor, University of Paris Dauphine

Hajer Kefi, Associate Professor, University of Paris Descartes

Indira Guzman, Associate Professor, Trident University International

Trevor Moores, Professor, ESSEC Business School

Isabelle Walsh, Associate Professor, Rouen Business School
Submissions

This workshop is open to all contributors interested from the management
science field of research (information systems, marketing, strategy,
control, etc.) or from other scientific communities (computer science,
sociology, economics, law, etc.).

All proposals must be original and not have been submitted to other
conferences or journals. They will be blindly reviewed

Three types of proposals are accepted:

·         Research papers which aim to provide a significant contribution

·         Work in progress which are not yet complete but are original and
promising.

·         Case studies which must be related to an original research and
include teaching notes for teachers.

Proposals may be submitted in French or English and should be sent to:
hajer.kefi at parisdescartes.fr

The best papers, selected by the scientific committee, will be proposed for
publication in a book published by CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS PUBLISHING,
http://www.c-s-p.org/

Important dates:

- Intention to communicate: January 10, 2014

- Deadline for paper submissions: February 07, 2014

- Notifications of decisions sent to authors on or about this date: March
15, 2014

- Finalized papers due: April 15, 2014

- IT Culture workshop in the University of Paris Descartes : June 6, 2014
Instructions for authors

The paper should not exceed 8000 words approx... The text is single-spaced,
use a 12 point font, use italics rather than underlining (except for URLs),
and place all illustrations, figures, and tables in the appropriate places
in the text rather than in the end. Pages should be numbered.

The cover page should include:

- The title of the article (Times 18 point font, bold),

- Authors' names with their affiliation and email address (Times 14 point
font, bold)

- An abstract of 500 words approx. (Times 12 point font)

- A list of 5 keywords (maximum).

The second page should only include the title, the abstract and key words
without any further information. Papers should be submitted in .doc format

Following the article, please include:

- The references presented in alphabetical order (authors' names)

- Appendix (methodological or other) designated by letters (A, B, etc.)
References

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Study in Situational Ethics. MIS Quarterly, 31-60.*

Capurro, R.( 2008). "Intercultural Information Ethics," in *The Handbook of
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NJ: Wiley, pp. 639-665.

Chatterjee, S., Sarker, S., and Fuller, M. (2009). "Ethical Information
Systems Development: A Baumanian Postmodernist Perspective," Journal of the
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Davison, R.M.; Martinsons, M. G,; Ou, C.X.J.; Murata, K.; Drummond, D.; Li,
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