Transparency—a Pivotal Quality for the Digital Economy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 411
Special Issue Editors
Interests: future of work; digital sustainability; digital transformation; human–computer interaction; digital stress
Interests: digital retail; data analytics and foresight; conversion rate optimization
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Transparency has become an important aspect of the digital economy, which not only puts all members of a society under scrutiny to act in line with moral obligations, but also helps to foster trust amongst economic participants, ultimately leading to a more sustainable economy and society. Enabling transparency is not only an ethical imperative though, but also, to an increasing extent, a legal obligation due to developments such as the EU’s GDPR that demands transparency with regard to data collection and data processing. In an ever more data-driven economy, transparency should, therefore, not only be an additional feature, but be a core characteristic of foundational technologies.
As part of this Special Issue, we are looking for contributions that further the discussion of how transparency can be enabled in the digital economy, such as, for example, by demonstrating how it can be embedded in technological solutions, or presenting the effects that transparency or its absence (i.e., opacity) can have on individuals, organizations, and/or society as a whole.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Explainability solutions for opaque technologies (e.g., XAI);
- Blockchain applications that foster sustainability;
- Technical solutions to foster transparency and predictability in value chains (e.g., interactive dashboards, forecasting);
- Data governance solutions (e.g., data space solutions);
- Role and applications of transparency in digital advertising and marketing;
- Data privacy solutions in line with legal regulations (e.g., cookie notices);
- Data use and transparency in municipalities and governmental bodies (e.g., smart city applications and open government solutions);
- Transparency along the omnichannel retail customer journey (e.g., transparency fostering customer satisfaction);
- Transparency in the workplace (e.g., measuring stress at work).
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Thomas Fischer
Dr. Robert Zimmermann
Dr. Sarah Pfoser
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- transparency
- data privacy
- black box
- visibility
- digital economy
- digital retail
- traceability
- explainable AI
- omnichannel
- blockchain
