Infobrokering: an Ethical Challenge in the Knowledge-Based Economy
Infobrokering: an Ethical Challenge in the Knowledge-Based Economy

Summary/Abstract: Modern economy is defined as the knowledge-based economy where the gathering, processing, retrieval, use, integration, and manipulation of information have become the key factors of companies’ growth. In spite of the fact that information is a concept, it can be measured in economic terms, and, as such, is treated as an intangible asset examined and valuated by infonomics. An incredible increase of information availability due to the Internet sources resulted in the recognition of a new profession – an infobroker. The paper defines business information and its sources, and shows a role which infobrokering is playing in the business environment. In the further part, some conditions of infobrokering services are described together with the profiles of an American and Polish infobroker. Finally, the ethical aspects of an infobroker’s profession are discussed, and some ethical questions which an infobroker should be aware of are presented.

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