PPT-What Is "Computer Ethics"

Scope varies considerably A category of professional ethics Includes ethical issues faced by a computer professional as part of the job Different assumptions will lead to different results and because of different backgrounds perspectives and objectives there will be different results . Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people 2 Thou shalt not interfere with other peoples computer work 3 Thou shalt not snoop around in other peoples computer files 4 Thou shalt not use a computer to steal 5 Thou shalt not use a computer Social Implications of Computers. Pop Quiz. What’s a professional?. A professional is.... ... someone whose boss can legally make him/her work overtime without paying time and a half.. So why would anyone want to be one?. University of North Carolina, Wilmington. CSC450. Software Engineering Ethics. Professional Ethics. What is Professional Ethics in CS?. a field of applied ethics concerned with moral issues that impact computer professionals.. News – Buzz – What’s Trending – Going Viral. Benefits and Risks of (very very) fast dissemination of “news”. We’ve always been technology junkies.. A Gift of Fire, Chapter 1. “. A . Masai. What is Internet?. Is a worldwide collection of computers networks, cooperating with each other to exchange data using a common software standard, on which end-user services, such as world wide web sites or data archives , are located, enabling data and other information to be exchange also called the net. . Chapter 1. Introduction to Social and Ethical Computing. Historical Development of Computing. Development of the Internet. Development of the World Wide Web. The Emergence of Social and Ethical Problems in Computing. Computer Technology 1. By Jill . Einerson. Ethics Issues in Computing. What are ethics?. Used to determine the . “right” and “wrong” . thing to do. What you “should” do in a certain situation. morality. —consideration of what human actions and reactions are morally right and wrong.. Ethics. Personal Computer Ethics. Professional Computer Ethics. Governmental Computer Ethics. Accessible Computing. For anyone interested in the issues arising from computer malfunctions and, more perniciously, from misuse, this new edition of Computer Ethics is right on the mark. Widely acclaimed for its readability and its balanced and authoritative coverage, Computer Ethics has been thoroughly revised and updated with new anecdotes, new revelations, and lively discussion of the ethical, social, and professional issues arising from the computer revolution, such as computer crime, software theft, hacking, viruses, and the invasion of privacy. An entirely rewritten first chapter is followed by expanded chapters that contain compelling new case studies and analyses. A new final section contains 10 hypothetical scenarios for group discussion. Copies of the ACM Code of Ethics and the ACM-IEEE Computing Curricula are included in the appendixes.