Ethics and ICT: why all the fuss?

Purpose: This paper aims to introduce a special section based on papers from Australasian Conference for Information Systems 2014.

Design/methodology/approach: This paper comments on key contextualisation moments in relevant history.

Findings: This paper describes the initiative in Australia to widen Information and Communication Technology ethics awareness.

Originality/value: This is a new attempt to bring Ethics and Information Systems academics closer together.