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Ethics for the Information Age
ISBN: 9780321536853 | 0321536851
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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KEY MESSAGE: In an era where information technology changes constantly, a thoughtful response to these rapid changes requires a basic understanding of IT history, an awareness of current issues, and a familiarity with ethics. Ethics for the Information Age provides an overview of ethical theories and problems encountered by computer professionals in today's environment. Catalysts for Change; Introduction to Ethics; Networking; Intellectual Property; Privacy; Computer and Network Security; Computer Reliability; Professional Ethics; Work and Weal... MORE
| Preface | |
| Catalysts for Change | |
| Introduction | |
| Milestones in Computing | |
| Milestones in Networking | |
| Milestones in Information Storage and Retrieval | |
| Information Technology Issues | |
| Introduction to Ethics | |
| Introduction | |
| Subjective Relativism | |
| Cultural Relativism | |
| Di... MORE | |
| Kantianism | |
| Act Utilitarianism | |
| Rule Utilitarianism | |
| Social Contract Theory | |
| Comparing Workable Ethical Theories | |
| Morality of Breaking the Law | |
| Networking | |
| Introduction | |
| Email and Spam | |
| Fighting Spam | |
| The World Wide Web | |
| Ethical Perspectives on Pornography | |
| Censorship | |
| Freedom of Expression | |
| Children and the Web | |
| Breaking Trust on the Internet | |
| Internet Addiction | |
| Intellectual Property | |
| Introduction | |
| Intellectual Property Rights | |
| Protecting Intellectual Property | |
| Fair Use | |
| New Restrictions on Use | |
| Peer-to-Peer Networks | |
| Protections for Software | |
| Open-Source Software | |
| Legitimacy of Intellectual Property Protection for Software | |
| Creative Commons | |
| Privacy | |
| Introduction | |
| Perspectives on Privacy | |
| Disclosing Information | |
| Public Information | |
| U.S. Legislation | |
| Public Records | |
| Covert Government Surveillance | |
| U.S. Legislation Authorizing Wiretapping | |
| Data Mining | |
| Identity Theft | |
| Encryption | |
| Computer and Network Security | |
| Introduction | |
| Viruses, Worms, and Trojan Horses | |
| Phreaks and Hackers | |
| Denial-of-Service Attacks | |
| Online Voting | |
| Computer Reliability | |
| Introduction | |
| Data-Entry or Data-Retrieval Errors | |
| Software and Billing Errors | |
| Notable Software System Failures | |
| Therac-25 | |
| Computer Simulations | |
| Software Engineering | |
| Software Warranties | |
| Introduction | |
| Is Software Engineering a Profession? | |
| Software Engineering Code of Ethics | |
| Analysis of the Code | |
| Case Studies | |
| Whistleblowing | |
| Work and Wealth | |
| Introduction | |
| Automation and Unemployment | |
| Workplace Changes | |
| Globalization | |
| The Digital Divide | |
| The "Winner-Take-All Society" | |
| Access to Public Colleges | |
| Plagiarism | |
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