Computer ethics and social issues case analysis

Pierce, Margaret Anne; Henry, John W.

doi:10.1145/242649.242665

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“…Many authors (Appel, 1998;Couger, 1989;Gotterbarn & Riser, 1997;Pierce & Henry, 1996;Riser & Gotterbarn, 1996;Tavani, 1996) who discuss the topic of ethics simply assume that their audience is conversant with the notion of ethics. We find it useful to state clearly what we consider this broad term to imply, and its particular relevance to CE.…”

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Integrating Computer Ethics into the Computing Curriculum: A Framework for Implementation

Barnard¹,

Ridder²,

Pretorius³

et al. 2003

InSITE Conference

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The advent of the Information Age and global connectivity has placed ethics center stage in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). As the drive towards the establishment of a socalled IT profession gains momentum, ethical conduct and codes of ethics have recently been formulated and introduced formally. Initiatives in this regard can be attributed to, among others, the ACM and the IEEE. Of particular significance is the ImpactCS Project commissioned by the joint taskforce of the ACM and IEEE, and funded by the USA's National Science Foundation. The increased globalization and inherent nature of ICT transcend physical and cultural borders, making it increasingly difficult to enforce accepted laws, regulations, and codes of conduct. It is thus the responsibility of Computer Science and Information Systems instructors to teach and instill professional values and ethical analysis skills in each and every student. Therefore, we investigate some issues pertaining to the teaching of computer ethics. We conclude this paper by presenting a possible framework to be used in the teaching of computer ethics, and apply this framework to our own institution.

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