Ethical and social issues in the information age
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Ethical and social issues in the information age
（Texts in computer science）
Springer, c2013
5th ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
Table of Contents
History of Computing.- Morality and the Law.- Ethics and Ethical Analysis.- Ethics and the Professions.- Anonymity, Security, Privacy, and Civil Liberties.- Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology.- Social Context of Computing.- Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities.- Computer Crimes.- New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Artificial Intelligence.- New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Virtualization and Virtual Reality.- New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Cyberspace and Online Social Networks.- Ethical, Privacy and Security Issues in the Social Network EcoSystems.- Mobile Systems and Intractable Social, Ethical and Security Issues.- Computer Crime Investigations - Computer Forensics.- Biometrics.
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