Enterprise Web Accessibility Levels Amongst the Forbes 250: Where Art Thou O Virtuous Leader?

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2013

Authors

Goncalves, R (Author) Other; Martins, J (Author) Other; Pereira, J (Author) Other; Manuel Oliveira (Author) FEUP; João José Pinto Ferreira (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Business Ethics

Vol. 113 No. 2

Pages: 363-375

ISSN: 0167-4544

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-005-2QC

DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1309-3

Abstract (EN): The research team measured the enterprise web accessibility levels of the Forbes 250 largest enterprises using the fully automatic accessibility evaluation tool Sortsite, and presented the compliance of the evaluated websites to WCAG 1.0, WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 accessibility levels. Given the recent attention to organizational leaders having ethical duties towards their dedicated employees, we propose that 'societal citizenship behaviour' concerns ethical duties of organizational leaders towards society in general and in particular to those who have less means to assert their needs. In effect, we found enterprise website accessibility levels to be in need of significant improvement. An interpretation of a positive path forward to better enterprise website accessibility levels is put forth based on a focus-group interaction and using BNML-a novel Business Narrative Modelling Language.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13