Who’s watching? Surveillance, big data and applied ethics in the digital age

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This 26th volume of Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations is a selection of papers from the 27th Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics with the theme ‘Who’s watching? Surveillance, big data and applied ethics in the digital age.’ The papers in this volume critically engage with contemporary issues surrounding big data and surveillance, particularly in relation to large institutions, including corporations and government agencies. Special focus is put on the ethical issues concerning the collection and use of big data sets.

Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations (REIO) is a double-blind, peer-reviewed series that publishes rigorous academic research into organizational ethics from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives.

About the author

Adrian Walsh is Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New England. He is also a Guest Professor in the Financial Ethics Research Group at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

Sandy Boucher is Lecturer in the Philosophy of Science at the University of New England. His research interests are mainly in the philosophy of biology and general philosophy of science, but he also works on issues in metaphilosophy and epistemology.

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