Open AccessTrust and Reputation in the Sharing Economy: Toward a Peer-to-Peer Ethics
Author(s) -
Soraj Hongladarom
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of information ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1614-1687
DOI - 10.29173/irie387
Subject(s) - reputation , argument (complex analysis) , sketch , sharing economy , normative , law and economics , public relations , work (physics) , political science , sociology , business , law , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , algorithm
The sharing economy and peer-to-peer business relationships using information technology has become moreimportant in today’s world. For the sharing economy to work, however, trust and reputation are cruciallyimportant. I argue that the gathering of personal data needs to be accompanied by safeguards providing aguarantee of privacy rights. This argument will be based on a sketch of a theory called ‘peer-to-peer ethics.’Basically, the idea is that what constitutes the ground for normativity is something that is agreed upon byeveryone involved. In short, what is considered to be ‘good’ is whatever contributes to bringing about thedesired goal of the community. This is a very familiar and ancient view on normative concepts, but, as I argue,one that deserves to be taken seriously especially as we enter into an intricately globalized world of ethicswhere worldviews clash with one another.