..., resulting in a refusal to use ethics as a sociologist, thus leading to a limited use of his theory in moral issues. A constructive interpretation could support a more functional use of morality in social system theory. Findings First, Luhmann signals that morality can no longer fulfill its integrative...

..., “I think I've told you a story before. Do you remember where we left off last time?” Creativity Ethics Systems theory George Spencer-Brown Laws of Form William Blake In the Heliopolitan Creation Myth, Atum comes into being in three ways, the first being from his imagination...

... 29 06 2021 08 08 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Ethics Philosophy Social systems Systems theory “You cannot have your cake and eat it at the same time.” This proverb describes the paradox in the German...

... 2021 27 04 2021 28 04 2021 Ethics Sustainability Semantics Social systems ICT Complexity For Luhmann, semantics consists of various vocabulary sets and groups of ideas that have been developed historically to make communication plausible (Luhmann, 1980 , p. 19...

... in the field of mutually recognizable ethical models for socially beneficial AI. Practical implications This study allows us to better understand the linkages, overlaps and differences between modern philosophy of information, AI-ethics, social responsibility and government regulation. The analysis...

... Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The purpose of this paper to discuss ethical principles that are implicit in second-order cybernetics, with the aim of arriving at a better understanding of how second-order cybernetics frames living in a world with others...

... of its usage. In the ecological context, resilience entails an ambiguous balance between persistence and change, and indeed this ambiguity may be necessary to accommodate the complexities. In all cases the author has considered, we are only concerned with resilience where there is an ethical dimension...

...Philip Baron; Anne Catherine Baron The qualities (seven + one) that describe ethically resilient teachers may be used as predictors for ethical resilience in teaching in both the pre-school and university levels. There are many ethical teachers who leave the vocation...

...Ben Sweeting Ben Sweeting can be contacted at: R.B.Sweeting@brighton.ac.uk One way of building connections from design to ethics is via cybernetics. In the past decade, there has been increasing interest in cybernetics among designers and in design among cyberneticians. The connection...

...Zlatko Nedelko; Matjaz Mulej; Vojko Potocan Purpose The aim of this paper is to report about a requisitely holistic examination of the business ethics, focused on internal gaps between company’s and employees’ ethics. Contribution considers reasons for emergence of business ethics’ internal gaps...

... has not changed in favor of improved payment discipline. This research aims to determine the correlation between ethical culture of the company and how it influences its payments. Design/methodology/approach The factor structure of Kaptein’s (2008) instrument for measuring ethical culture...

..., it will not only lose its legitimacy but also its direction, which is the search for truth, and can thus be a means to achieve unethical goals. In every social system, somebody needs help from someone during the course of their life, in order to fulfil their needs and wishes. The ethical system has...

... an intuitive (and possibly formal) understanding of wind, water, and boat as elements of a circular system. The paper considers the ethics of assisting others in learning cybernetic concepts such as circular causality. Findings – The paper provides an approach to understanding cybernetic concepts...

... the other. The author explores the potential difference that adopting this understanding of practice makes in practice and shows its significance by establishing connections between the eponymous cybernetic example of steering and questions regarding teleology in ethics. Findings – While all practice...

...Dr Raul Espejo; Igor Perko; Andreja Primec; Robert Horvat Purpose – The new concept of business partner behavior sharing practice is addressed from three perspectives: technical/technological, legal and ethical/moral with the aim to elaborate its sharing feasibility, value added, legal...

... Facebook profile became a proud parent. Its progeny, a new Facebook profile, CarinConks RutabagaHighRung, was the result of info-mating my profile to that of my close friend Nick Haritgan. Fixed Figure 1 Information Technology Narrative Information Identity Information Ethics Art...

...Prof Ranulph Glanville and Prof David Griffiths; Jose dos Santos Cabral Filho Purpose – The paper aims to present a framework for discussing ethics and computational design. Design/methodology/approach – The main propositions of computational design are presented, discussed according...

... of the cybernetic interactions between levels of learning and orientations to learning. This depiction prompts considerations of the ethics and aesthetics of large-scale collaborative learning. In reflecting on the use of the heuristic device in practice, four primary observations are offered as possible...

... out in their sales revenue and are thus motivated to change their production methods. Companies would compete in an atmosphere of total disclosure regarding social and environmental matters giving rise to a new ethic of consumerism. Originality/value – A new form of consumerism is uncovered, one...

...Mian‐yun Chen; Yi Lin; Hejing Xiong; Vojko Potocan; Matjaz Mulej Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a new requisitely holistic definition of business ethics (BE) as a crucial component of business cybernetics and practice. The present contribution considers a basic problem: how humans...