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14-12-2012 12:00 AM

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Green IS has recently emerged as an area of scholarship. It offers the promise for IS scholars to make a significant contribution to reducing green house gas emissions and mitigating the effects of global climate change. While IT creates an environmental load because of the electricity required for its operation and the problem of disposing of obsolete hardware, innovative IS can reduce environmental problems. This panel gives five Green IS pioneers an opportunity to present their views on what directions the IS community should pursue to ensure that it makes a significant practical contribution to solving global climate change and simultaneously contributes to the theoretical advancement of the field. The panelists have all played a pioneering role in developing and publicizing Green IS as an IS research area. As leaders in this emerging domain, they have been thinking about its directions and contributions for some years.

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Dec 14th, 12:00 AM

Green Information Systems: Directives for the IS Discipline

Green IS has recently emerged as an area of scholarship. It offers the promise for IS scholars to make a significant contribution to reducing green house gas emissions and mitigating the effects of global climate change. While IT creates an environmental load because of the electricity required for its operation and the problem of disposing of obsolete hardware, innovative IS can reduce environmental problems. This panel gives five Green IS pioneers an opportunity to present their views on what directions the IS community should pursue to ensure that it makes a significant practical contribution to solving global climate change and simultaneously contributes to the theoretical advancement of the field. The panelists have all played a pioneering role in developing and publicizing Green IS as an IS research area. As leaders in this emerging domain, they have been thinking about its directions and contributions for some years.