Green Information Systems: Directives for the IS Discipline

Authors

Jan vom Brocke, University of LiechtensteinFollow
Richard T. Watson, Terry College, University of Georgia, USA
Cathy Dwyer, Seidenberg School of Computer Science & Information Systems, Pace University, USA
Steve Elliot, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney, Australia
Nigel Melville, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, USA

Abstract

Green IS offers the promise for IS scholars to make a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the effects of global climate change and other environmental problems. While significant achievements have been made in shaping Green IS as a subfield in the IS discipline, the emergence of Green IS is still by far too slow, given the magnitude of the problem. Against this background a panel was organized at ICIS 2012 in order to discuss future directives for the IS discipline. This article, co-authored by the panelists, reports on the major issues raised by this panel. First, the article gives an account of major achievements in the field of Green IS. Second, it presents five specific directives which we agree are important for the future of our discipline.

DOI

10.17705/1CAIS.03330

Recommended Citation

vom Brocke, J., Watson, R. T., Dwyer, C., Elliot, S., & Melville, N. (2013). Green Information Systems: Directives for the IS Discipline. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 33, pp-pp. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.03330