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Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age

By Joseph Migga Kizza

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2013
ISBN
978-1-4471-4989-7, 978-1-4471-4990-3
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-4990-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2973178 bytes)
Series
Texts in Computer Science
Edition
5th
Pages
372\380
Topic
Computers
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2013-10-20 05:04:03
Computers and Society; Information Systems Applicageneral; Philosophy of Technology

Description

This new edition examines the ethical, social, and policy challenges stemming from computing and telecommunication technology, and mobile information-enabling devices. Features: establishes a philosophical framework and analytical tools for discussing moral theories and problems in ethical relativism; offers pertinent discussions on privacy, surveillance, employee monitoring, biometrics, civil liberties, harassment, the digital divide, and discrimination; examines the new ethical, cultural and economic realities of computer social networks; reviews issues of property rights, responsibility and accountability relating to IT and software; discusses how virtualization technology informs ethical behavior; introduces the frontiers of ethics in VR, AI, and the Internet; surveys the social, moral and ethical value systems in mobile telecommunications; explores the evolution of electronic crime, network security, and computer forensics; provides exercises, objectives, and issues for discussion in every chapter.

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