This paper discusses ethical issues concerning Internet development, presentation and research. A brief overview of the major ethical issues related to computing is followed by a discussion of ethical issues specific to the use of the Internet. We will look at the implications of these issues for particular population groups such as children, women, disabled persons, and the low socio-economic class. Finally, we offer suggestions for how these issues can be brought into the computer or information science classroom in a way that stimulates critical thinking skills.Many computing students enter jobs in which they will be expected to develop Internet resources. They should enter this market with an understanding of the ethical issues that this technology entails. Neumann [34] points to the mixed signals that most students of computer science receive: "The 'best' work is that which extends the technical state of the art, and computer scientists should not care about how ______________________________________________
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