Paper Info
Title
Ethical Codes and Values in a Virtual World.
Abstract
Some members of the so-called virtual world deny that technology such as the virtual environment (VE) is value-laden. But there are a variety of complex issues which arise in VE that make it necessary to think about ethics and values in VE applications. Using VE in therapy and psychotherapy research or diagnostics leads to several ethical concerns. VE can impoverish those aspects of life that are essential to social development, interpersonal relations, and emotional growth. This paper will focus on the concept called "virtual world," a question of metaphysics. After reviewing general ethical principles, ethics in applied sciences will be described. Ethical decision-making, code of conduct, and specific issues in VE will be discussed. The VE community is challenged to set guidelines around VE, and its ethics and values. A set of measurement tools around ethical codes and values in a virtual world ought to be discursively gained in this virtual world and in real society as a whole.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1089/109493102760147187
CYBERPSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
Keywords
DocType
Volume
virtual worlds
Journal
5
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1094-9313
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M F Kuntze1104.66
Robert Stoermer2167.93
Franz Mueller-Spahn3159.78
Alex H. Bullinger42612.36