Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age
Record details
- ISBN: 9781849960380
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1 electronic text (335 p.) : digital file. - Publisher: London : Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2010.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | History of Computing -- The development of the microprocessor -- Historical development of computer software and the personal computer (PC) -- Development of the Internet -- Development of the World Wide Web -- The emergence of social and ethical problems in computing -- The emergence of computer crimes -- The case for computer ethics education -- Morality and the Law -- Moral theories -- Moral decision making -- Moral codes -- Moral standards -- Guilt and conscience -- Morality and religion -- The natural law -- Conventional law -- The purpose of law -- The purpose of law -- The penal code -- Morality, etiquettes and manners -- Ethics and Ethical Analysis -- Ethical theories -- Consequentialism -- Deontology -- Human nature -- Relativism -- Hedonism -- Emotivism -- Functional definition of ethics -- Ethical reasoning and decision making -- Codes of ethics -- Reflections on computer ethics -- Ethics and the Professions -- Evolution of professions -- The making of an ethical professional: education and licensing -- Professional decision making and ethics -- Professionalism and ethical responsibilities -- Whistle-blowing -- Harassment and discrimination -- Ethical and moral implications -- Anonymity, Security, Privacy, and Civil Liberties -- Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology -- Foundations of intellectual property -- Copyrights -- Patents -- Trade secrets -- Trademarks -- Personal identity -- Ownership -- Intellectual property crimes -- Protection of ownership rights -- Protecting computer software under the IP -- Transnational issues and intelluctual property -- Social Context of Computing -- The digital divide -- ICT in the workplace -- The electronic office -- Office on wheels and wings -- The virtual workplace -- The home worker: a growing concept of telecommuters -- Employee social and ethical issues -- Employee monitoring -- Workplace employee health and productivity -- Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities -- Causes of software failures -- Risk -- Consumer protection -- Improving software quality -- Computer Crimes -- History of computer crimes -- Computer systems: types of attacks -- Costs and social consequences -- Computer crime prevention strategies -- New Frontiers for Computer Ethics -- Artificial intelligence -- Cyberspace -- Virtual reality -- Cyberspace, Cyberethics, and Social Networking -- Cyberspace safeguards -- Intellectual property rights in cyberspace -- Regulating and censoring cyberspace -- The social value of cyberspace -- Privacy in cyberspace -- Online social networks -- Global cyberethics -- Cyberspace lingua franca -- Global cyber culture -- Computer Networks and Online Crimes -- -- Defense against online crimes -- Proven security protocols and best practices -- Computer Crime Investigations--Computer forensics -- Digital evidence -- Preserving evidence -- Analysis of digital evidence -- Relevance and validity of digital evidence -- Writing investigative reports -- Biometrics -- The biometrics authentication process -- Biometric system components -- Types of biometric technologies -- The future of biometrics -- Appendix 1: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- Appendix 2: The Federal False Claims Act -- Index. |
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