Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age

• Main Author: Kizza, Joseph Migga (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Series: Texts In Computer Science
• Subjects: Computer science.; Ethics.; Data encryption (Computer science).; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Computers and civilization.; Social sciences.; Computer Science.; Computers and Society.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Data Encryption.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Social Sciences, general.

Ethical dilemmas have risen in number and intensity with the increasing dependence of contemporary society on computers and computer networks. Despite the proliferation of expert remedies, viable solutions to computer security issues remain too elusive, and society continues to suffer at the hands o...

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 Artificial Intelligence, Cyberspace, And Virtual Reality
• Cyberspace And Cyberethics
• Computer Networks And Online Crimes
• Computer Crime Investigations-Computer Forensics
• Biometrics.