About the centre
Centre for Business Information Ethics, Meiji University was established
in April 2006 as a research centre for information ethics in business organisations.
The centre is the only research institute to study this subject in Japan.
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Director | |
Prof. Kiyoshi Murata School of Commerce, Meiji University Kiyoshi Murata is Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics and Professor of MIS at the School of Commerce, Meiji University. His research interest is in e-business, information quality management, knowledge management and information ethics in business organisations including privacy, surveillance, ICT professionalism and gender issues. He is International Research Associate at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University and serves as an editorial board member of Journal of the Japan Society for Management Information, Journal of Information and Management and Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society. |
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Deputy Director | |
Prof. Andrew A. Adams The Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University Andrew Adams is Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics and a researcher at the Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University. His research interests are in the social impact of computer and communication technology and related legislation and regulation. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of St Andrews and an LLM (Masters) in Law from the University of Reading. He is a founding member of the UK's Open Rights Group. He co-authored Pandora's Box: Social and Professional Issues of the Information Age, available from Wiley. He has published papers on issues of copyright, privacy, ubiquitous computing in healthcare and other topics. |
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Research Fellow | |
Dr. Thomas Taro Lennerfors The Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University Department of Engineering Science, Uppsala University Thomas Taro Lennerfors is a research fellow at the Centre for Business Information Ethics, a researcher at the Organisation for the Strategice Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University and Professor at the Department of Engineering Science, Uppsala University. His research interests are in business, management and technology and their relationship to ethics, philosophy, and culture.He has a PhD in Industrial management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. |
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Dr. Ryoko Asai The Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University Ryoko Asai is a research fellow at the Centre for Business Information Ethics, a researcher at the Organisation for the Strategice Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin at Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany and a researcher at the Department of Informatin Technology, Uppsala University in Sweden. She is a leading researcher in the study field of gender and computing in Japan. She received her Ph.D degree in politics from Meiji University. |
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Research Associate | |
Dr. Yohko Orito | Faculty of Collaborative Regional Innovation, Ehime University |
Prof. Aki Nakanishi | School of Business Administration, Meiji University |
Prof. Yutaka Utashiro | School of Business Administration, Meiji University |
Prof. Yasushi Ogasawara | School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University |
Pro. Naomi Ushio | School of Information and Communication, Meiji University |
Prof. Takamichi Saito | School of Science and Technology, Meiji University |
Dr. Kazuyuki Shimizu | School of Business Administration, Meiji University |
Pro. Hiroki Idota | Faculty of Economics, Kindai University |
Prof. Shiro Uesugi | Faculty of Business Administration, Matsuyama University |
Dr. Hitoshi Okada | National Institute of Informatics |
Prof. Hiroshi Koga | Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University |
Dr. Megumi Kojima | Faculty of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University |
Dr. Sayuri Shimizu | Institute for Health Informatics and Policy |
Prof. Fumio Shimpo | Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University |
Prof. Yutaka Takahashi | School of Commerce, Senshu University |
Prof. Cgybg Ahyoung | Faculty of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University |
Prof. Makoto Nakada | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba |
Prof. Joji Nakaya | Faculty of Business Administration, Kindai University |
Mr. Eiichi Moriya | Centre for Business Information Ethics, Meiji University |
Prof. Yukari Yamazaki | Faculty of Economics, Seikei University |