ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR A NETWORKED WORLD UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Networked computer systems simultaneously destroy and build up old and new kinds of global and local jobs. Digitally networked ultra-modern structures in work, company and administration bring us turbulent time s. This development is analyzed from an ethical, technological and eco nomical point of view and illustrated by empirical data. The main emph asis of this article is placed on considerations, from the point of vi ew of business ethics, of the conception of workplaces - in the office , at home and abroad (mobile work) - equipped for computer-supported i nformation exchange. In order to make better use of these new technolo gies, ethical, action-oriented guidelines should be considered.