The integrity of intelligence : a bill of rights for the information age

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The integrity of intelligence : a bill of rights for the information age

Bryan Glastonbury, Walter LaMendola ; consultant editor, Jo Campling

Macmillan Press , St. Martin's Press, 1992

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Bibliography: p. 195-198

Includes indexes

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: uk ISBN 9780333525722

Description

Exploring the effect of information technology on everyone's lives, the authors illustrate how a lack of proper social control over IT has led to a scene of technological wizardry and real everyday gains, but contaminated by discrimination, deprivation and unacceptable ethical standards. The book states the case, shows how and where things have gone wrong, hits hard at those responsible for the mistakes, offers ways of ensuring that everyone gets the benefits of IT, and argues the need to put some integrity into technology. Bryan Glastonbury is also the author of "Managing people in the Personal Social Services" (with Joan Orme and Richard Bradley) and "A Casebook of Computer Applications in the Social and Human Services" (with Walter Lamendola and Stuart Took). Walter Lamendola is also joint author with Bryan Glastonbury of "Information Technology and the Human Services".

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Setting the scene: intelligence, integrity and new technologies
  • status report
  • the nature and meaning of data
  • the technological hare and social snail. Part 2 Problems and principles: global development
  • IT and big business
  • developers, designers and distributors
  • disadvantaged majorities
  • insiders and outsiders
  • consumers and IT - a love/hate relationship?. Part 3 Towards an ethical framework: the ethics industries
  • a bill of rights.
Volume

:pbk(uk) ISBN 9780333605219

Description

This book examines the effect of Information Technology on our lives, illustrating how a lack of proper social control over IT has led to a scene of technological wizardry and real everyday gains, contaminated by discrimination, deprivation and unacceptable ethical standards. The book states the case, analyses the mistakes, hits hard at those responsible for these, offers ways of ensuring that we all get the benefits of IT, and argues the need to put some integrity into technology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE - Intelligence, Integrity and New Technologies - Status Report - The Nature and Meaning of Data - The Technological Hare and Social Snail - PART 2: PROBLEMS AND PRINCIPLES - Introduction - Global Development - IT and Big Business - Developers, Designers and Distributors - Disadvantaged Majorities - Insiders and Outsiders - Consumers and IT: a Love/Hate Relationship? - PART 3: TOWARDS AN ETHICAL FRAMEWORK - The Ethics Industries - A Bill of Rights - Bibliography - Index

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