Digital Discrimination in Sharing Economy at the Base of the Pyramid

Pardeep Singh Attri () and Hari Bapuji ()
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Pardeep Singh Attri: Central European University
Hari Bapuji: The University of Melbourne

Chapter Chapter 10 in Sharing Economy at the Base of the Pyramid, 2021, pp 221-247 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Discrimination in the digital platforms of sharing economy can have devastating consequences to individuals and organizations. It is particularly so for the base of the pyramid population that have to deal with resource-constraint environments and have poor access to institutional structures to resist the discrimination or to bear its costs. In this chapter, we suggest that discrimination is unwittingly enabled by organizational practices in the sharing economy. We identify the various types of discrimination and note its negative consequences to individuals, organizations, and societies. We suggest that alleviating discrimination on digital platforms for BoP requires multi-level initiatives that involve organizations, industry associations, and governments.

Keywords: Digital discrimination; Organizational discrimination; Sharing economy; BoP; Remedies for discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-2414-8_10

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