The First International Workshop on
		Business Information Technology Ethics
			      BITE-2003

		   April 22, 2003  Angers, France

		 First Announcement and Call for Papers 

In conjunction with the Fifth International Conference on Enterprise
Information Systems - ICEIS 2003 (http://www.iceis.org/)

Chair:

John Lenarcic
School of Business Information Technology
RMIT University
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
(John.Lenarcic@rmit.edu.au) 

Workshop Background and Goals

"Praxis versus Theory" would best describe the overall theme of this
workshop in IT ethics. Computer ethics is a fledgling discipline that
is top-heavy with practical knowledge but desperately in need of a
sound theoretical base that it can claim as its own. Can original
philosophical theories or novel adaptations of other ethical paradigms
better assist us in improving the lot of professional practice in IT?
Or must we always fall back on the anachronistic greats of Western
Philosophy to guide our moral way through 21st century technologies?
This workshop will serve as a forum to gather researchers,
practitioners, students and anyone with an interest in the development
of IT ethics as a means of improving professional practice. The
workshop will provide an opportunity for discussion and exchange of
ideas on specific topics in IT ethics.

This workshop will serve as a forum for researchers and practitioners
to meet and share expertise in this emerging field.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to

- The social and cultural effects of IT on business practice
- Security and computer misuse
- Privacy and workplace monitoring
- Cross-cultural issues in IT ethics
- Ethics in project management
- Professional etiquette, standards and codes in IT
- Ethics in electronic commerce
- Empirical studies in IT ethics
- Ethics of software patents
- Professional responsibility in IT
- Corporate governance and IT
- Theoretical issues in IT professional practice
- Innovative training methods in IT ethics for professionals
- Submissions on other allied issues are also welcome

Format of the Workshop

The workshop will consist of oral presentations. The proceedings of
the workshop will be published in the form of a book by ICEIS.

Submission of Papers

Perspective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the areas
listed above. All papers must be written in English, and the length of
the paper should not exceed 4000 words or 8 pages. Instructions for
preparing the manuscript (in Word or Latex) are available at the ICEIS
web site. Papers (preferably in Word, PS, or PDF) should be sent via
email to the workshop chair (John.Lenarcic@rmit.edu.au).

Important Dates

Full paper submission: November 15, 2002
Author notification: December 17, 2002
Camera-ready: January 14, 2003
Workshop: April 22, 2003 

Workshop Program Committee:

Paul A. Alcorn, DeVry University (USA)
Robert N. Barger, University of Notre Dame (USA)
Johannes Britz, University of Pretoria, (South Africa)
Terrel Ward Bynum, Southern Connecticut State University (USA)
Rafael Capurro, Universitt Stuttgart (Germany)
Jacques N. Catudel, Drexel University (USA)
Christelle Didier, Universit	 Catholique de Lille (France)
Dorothy E. Denning, Georgetown University (USA)
Luciano Floridi, Oxford University (UK)
David H. Gleason, Information Ethics, Inc. (USA)
D. Micah Hester, Mercer University (USA)
Rachelle D. Hollander, National Science Foundation/Johns Hopkins University (USA)
Lucas Introna, Lancaster University (UK)
Deborah G. Johnson, University of Virginia (USA)
Reinhard Keil-Slawik, University of Paderborn (Germany)
Duncan Langford, University of Kent at Canterbury (UK)
James H. Moor, Dartmouth University (USA)
Simon Rogerson, De Monfort University (UK)
Richard Spinello, Boston College (USA)
Herman Tavani, Rivier College (USA)
Geoff Walsham, Cambridge University (UK)
John Weckert, Charles Sturt University (Australia)


Conference Location

The workshop will be held at the Ecole Superieure d'Electronique de l'Ouest 
in Angers, France, which is 90 minutes from Paris by the
high-speed train (TGV).

Registration Information

To attend the workshop you need to register at http://www.iceis.org

Secretariat

ICEIS-2003 Secretariat - The First International Workshop on Business Information Technology Ethics
ESEO -	Ecole Superieure d'Electronique de l' Ouest 
4, rue Merlet de la Boulaye - BP926 - 49009
ANGERS CEDEX 01 - FRANCE
Fax: +33 2 41 87 99 27
Tel: +33 2 41 86 67 19

E-mail: w4-secretariat@iceis.org
Web site: http://www.iceis.org