Panel: Cultivating Compassionate Workplaces: Should IS Research Claim a Seat at the Table?

IS research is increasingly interested in well-being-oriented impacts of information systems (IS). Compassion is an underlying prosocial behavior that arguably empowers such well-being-oriented IS impacts. The overall purpose of this panel is to ask: Should IS research pursue research on compassion as a serious stream of inquiry? To address this core purpose, we raise two questions regarding the controversial roles of IS in a) raising suffering and b) facilitating versus hindering the expression of compassion. Our panel of junior, senior, and mid-career IS researchers take on positions for and against the core motion of including Compassion research in IS research as they argue each controversial question. We offer considerations/recommendations on issues salient to conducting and publishing IS-Compassion research. Audience participation is baked into the structure of the panel as an integral component. Our panel will appeal to a global IS audience interested in using IS research to impact positive change