The internet has set off a technological revolution that has
produced thorough changes in all industries. The volume at hand
gives an analysis of the internet revolution. It covers questions
reaching from the highly controversial thesis of the end of
property rights in the internet caused by the non-rivalry of the
"consumption" of information to questions regarding the
repercussions of the internet on our understanding of the human
person. Technological changes like the introduction of the
electronic economy raise the question of how to manage its ethical
problems and dilemmas. Contributions from applied ethics and
business ethics analyse the ethical problems and the business
ethics of the electronic economy in the fields of production,
labour, consumption, and in handling trust and the abuse of trust
in the electronic business relationships. The reader is provided
with a comprehensive analysis of the electronic economy and its
technological, social, and ethical problems.
