Ethical And Social Issues In The Information Age

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kizza, Joseph Migga (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2003.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Texts in Computer Science
• Subjects: Computer science.; Ethics.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Computers and civilization.; Computer Science.; Computers and Society.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Since the publication of the ?rst edition in 1997, there have been tremendous changes in the ?elds of computer science and information sciences. During this period, we have become more dependent than ever before on computer and telecommunication technology. As we, both individually and as nations, b...

Table of Contents:

• to Social and Ethical Computing
• Morality and The Law
• Ethics, Technology, And Value
• Ethics And The Professions
• Anonymity, Security, Privacy, and Civil Liberties
• Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology
• Social Context of Computing
• Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities
• Computer Crimes
• New Frontiers For Computer Ethics
• Cyberspace and Cyberethics.