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UNINA9910298183403321 |
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Autore |
Patrignani Norberto |
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Titolo |
Slow Tech and ICT [[electronic resource] ] : A Responsible, Sustainable and Ethical Approach / / by Norberto Patrignani, Diane Whitehouse |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XXI, 148 p. 8 illus. in color.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Information technology |
Business—Data processing |
Management |
Industrial management |
Business ethics |
IT in Business |
Innovation/Technology Management |
Business Ethics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Pneumatophores -- Speed Limits in Cyberspace -- Stories about Speed and Time -- Information: Environmental and Human Limits -- The Beginning of a New Renaissance in ICT -- Slow Tech: A Good, Clean, and Fair ICT -- Applying Slow Tech in Real Life -- Energy, Time and Information: a Long-term View of ICT. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book makes an important contribution to the recent evolution in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that are human-centred and socially desirable, environmentally sustainable, and ethically acceptable. It introduces the concept of moral, equitable and environmental limits in the ICT domain and proposes a Slow Tech approach to face the challenges of these limits, laying out a set of principles that can be applied in real-life business settings. With the launch of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the |
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growing interest in the circular economy, Slow Tech and ICT - A Responsible, Sustainable and Ethical Approach is a timely tool for forward-thinking businesses. |
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