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Ethics And Technology
In most countries of the world, the “information revolution” has altered many aspects of life significantly: commerce, employment, medicine, security, transportation, entertainment, and so on. Consequently, information and communication technology (ICT) has affected — in both good ways and bad ways — community life, family life, human relationships, education, careers, freedom, and democracy (to name just a few examples). “Computer and information ethics”, in the broadest sense of this phrase, can be understood as that branch of applied ethics which studies and analyzes such social and ethical impacts of ICT. The present essay concerns this broad new field of applied ethics.
The more specific term “computer ethics” has been used to refer to applications by professional philosophers of traditional Western theories like utilitarianism, Kantianism, or virtue ethics, to ethical cases that significantly involve computers and computer networks. “Computer ethics” also has been used to refer to a kind of professional ethics in which computer professionals apply codes of ethics and standards of good practice within their profession. In addition, other more specific names, like “cyberethics” and “Internet ethics”, have been used to refer to aspects of computer ethics associated with the Internet.
During the past several decades, the robust and rapidly growing field of computer and information ethics has generated new university courses, research professorships, research centers, conferences, workshops, professional organizations. This course is geared to introducing students to these concepts.
Course Objectives
This course is a required prerequisite class for the Bachelors Degree of Computer Information Systems.
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Course Track
- Some Historical Milestones
- Foundation of computers and Information ethics
- Defining Computer Ethics
- Example topics in computer ethics
- Computers in the Workplace
- Computer Crime
- Privacy and Anonymity
- Intellectual Property
- Professional Responsibility
- Globalization
- Bibliography
- Other Internet Resources
- Related Entries
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Course Benefits
Upon Graduation Students will receive 6 credits towards their diploma, Associate or Bachelor Degree Program.
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Course Duration
This course is completed in 24 hours of lecture classes and 16 hours of practical sessions.
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