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A Dialogue with C. West Churchman

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  • Jaana Porra

    (University of Houston, C.T. College of Business
    280G University of Houston)

Abstract

In 1996, the author attended a seminar on ethics given by C. West Churchman at the University of California, Berkeley. During that year, the author also interviewed Churchman several times regarding the future direction of information sciences in general and the information systems research field in particular. This article is a compilation of the seminar and the interviews. It is set in the context of both Churchman's earlier and his current views of a global “god,” “good,” “kindness,” and “caring.” C. West Churchman holds that global ethics should lead to the study and design of information systems to solve large and difficult problems of the humankind such as poverty, crime and disease. His Global Ethical Management (GEM) of information sciences translates into abandoning the current goals and boundaries of the information sciences fields and changing what constitutes valid research to globally ethical endeavors.

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  • Jaana Porra, 2001. "A Dialogue with C. West Churchman," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 3(1), pages 19-27, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:infosf:v:3:y:2001:i:1:d:10.1023_a:1011441418974
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1011441418974
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    1. Jaana Porra & Mary Lacity & Michael S. Parks, 2020. "“Can Computer Based Human-Likeness Endanger Humanness?” – A Philosophical and Ethical Perspective on Digital Assistants Expressing Feelings They Can’t Have”," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 533-547, June.

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