Stakes of ubicomp-ict in the light of an ethico-political standpoint

Hugues Poltier

pp. 95-101

in: Ubiquitous computing in the workplace, Berlin, Springer, 2015

Abstract

This paper discusses the issues involved in ICT from an ethico-political perspective, which states that an innovation is fully justifiable when it contributes to the empowerment, equality, and autonomy of the agent targeted. With this criterion in mind, discussing the foreseeable impacts of ubicomp-ICT, it focuses on the dangers linked to the enhanced asymmetry in the distribution of power within the organization which it is likely to bring about. If left to "laissez-faire", it is finally suggested, it might even be seen as a threat to democracy.