What are the social responsibilities of the new networked economy?

Venue: Prest Theatre, FBE Building

Presenters: Professor Rob Phillips

Innovation in the “share” economy through companies like Airbnb and Uber are garnering ever more users and media attention.

Their disruptive models carry significant potential for environmental efficiencies, but the social impacts of their disruptive models have caused governments to look closer at the need for regulation. We continue to struggle, therefore, with how to understand social and moral responsibilities in the relationships these companies have with their stakeholders. The process of value creation is increasingly the result of outsourced commercial relationships. Hierarchies are being replaced by networks of relationships, dissipating and complicating notions of responsibility.

In this public lecture Professor Rob Phillips will take a deeper look at responsibility in the network economy.

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https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/6360-what-are-the-social-responsibilities-of-the-new-networked-economy