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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| Misinformation: Understanding the Evolution of Deception |
| University of South Australia, Australia |
| The ensuing discussion of the evolutionary principles surrounding misinformation describes how misin-formation |
| creates similar mindsets and behaviour patterns. The evolutionary process of misinformation is often a battle of |
| opposing entities or forces - the rhythm of domination and subservience, altruism and egoism. For misinformation |
| to succeed it requires all interrelated actors to remain, inadvertently or vol-untarily, silent and cooperative with the |
| misinformation sender. The negativity breeds negativity, which creates an unstable organisational environment |
| leading to the collapse of the system supported on a mis-information foundation. |
| Many organisations are based on this rhythm, and Michel Foucault affirms that organisations are repres-sive |
| systems that require misinformation to control and dominate through knowledge management. The dominating |
| organisational forces often include the use of unethical practices utilizing misinformation to dominate individuals, |
| committees, other organisations, and the market. |
| The hope of survival lies in the rise of Comte’s altruistic and ethical behaviour patterns beginning on an individual |
| level, spreading within the unethical organisation to related organisations, and governments. |
| Keywords: power, control, selfishness, altruism, ethics |
ISSN
1535-07-03
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