The Ethics of Telework

Abstract

A survey containing 18 ethical scenarios involving teleworkers, their managers, and the organizations that employ them illustrates teleworking's challenge to the issues of trust, time versus quality, and the definition of what work entails. New corporate policies that support all stakeholders will help resolve these issues and achieve telework's proven benefits.

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Ruth Guthrie

RUTH GUTHRIE is aprofessor of information systems at the University of Redlands in Redlands CA specializing in computer ethics, telecommuting, and electronic commerce.