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Creating an Organizational Awareness of Ethical Responsibility about Information Technology

Authors: Little, Joyce Currie ; Granger, Mary J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper addresses the urgent need for individuals in corporations to become more knowledgeable about computing technologies and their potential ethical impact ...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-001-0045-3

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:20

Drinking in the Workplace

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Branch, Inc. has been losing ground to its competitors in recent years. Concerned that substance abuse may be responsible for much of Branch's decline, the company has just adopted a policy that imposes sanctions on those employees ...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12515.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-10 16:14

JuicyCampus

Authors: Esecson, Austin ; Closter, Gordon ; Norman, Wayne ; Born, Andrew
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Discusses the interactive website, JuicyCampus.com, which solicited user-generated anonymous gossip from college students across the country. Includes discussion questions. ...
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.duke.edu/web/kenanethics/CaseStudies/JuicyCampus.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-10-23 12:47

Google Health

Authors: Carr, Sarah ; Dillard, Brenda ; Funke, Rhiannon Dodds ; Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Carr, Edward ; Potthast, Adam ; Elliott, Deni ; Funke, Michael Brian ; Price, Connie
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Google Health allows users to create their own electronic medical records online, with the capability to enter and managed health information and access it online from anywhere. Experts have touted electronic medical records as a w...
Year: 2009
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Google%20Health.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-09 12:10

U.S. Military Recruitment Database

Authors: Leever, Martin ; Connolly, Peggy ; Skipper, Robert Boyd ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Brinkman, Anthony ; Bellon, Christina
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The Pentagon has contracted with BeNow, a commercial direct marketing firm, to collect and analyze wide-ranging data from 30 million U.S. youth aged 16-25. Information includes includes names, addresses, phone numbers, grade point...
Year: 2007
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/U.S.%20Military%20Recruitment%20Database.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-15 16:25

fMRI and Lie Detection

Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Leever, Martin ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Skipper, Robert Boyd ; Bellon, Christina ; Brinkman, Anthony
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Imaging technologies, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have proven to be a powerful diagnostic tool in clinical medicine, and a recent innovation, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allows neuroscientists to track ...
Year: 2007
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/fMRI.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-15 16:25

Professions, Confidentiality, and Moral Uncertainty

Authors: Lockhart, Ted
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: This article discusses questions of confidentiality for the professions and tries to answer the question, when should professionals maintain client confidentiality, and when is it more important to protect endangered third parties?...
Year: 1992

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-05-21 16:37

Legal Records Scenario

Authors: Loui, Michael C.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When the managing partner of a law firm wants to increase the productivity of the firm's secretarial staff, he hires a computer consulting firm to record email messages sent by the secretarial staff, as well as to monitor the keystr...
Year: 1997
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/legal-rec.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-27 15:41

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Fear Factor or Fantasy Island?

Authors: Wilfond, Benjamin S.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The author reflects on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). He claims that the U.S. legislation's implications would be difficult to determine because of various factors, including its scope's limitation to employme...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0077

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:42

Drug Marketing and Privacy

Authors: Robert Ladenson ; Cox-White, Becky ; Anestidou, Lida ; Leever, Martin ; Connolly, Peggy
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: As part of an aggressive marketing campaign, Eli-Lilly, the maker of Prosac, partnered with the drugstore chain Walgreens to send out a "Dear Patient" letters and a one-month sample of the drug. Though these samples were only suppo...
Year: 2003
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Drug%20Marketing%20and%20Privacy.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-10 15:35

The governance of privacy : policy instruments in global perspective

Authors: Bennett, Colin J. ; Raab, Charles D.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: The authors analyse privacy policy instruments available to industrial states, from government regulations and transnational regimes to self-regulation and privacy enhancing technologies, considering two possible dynamics of privacy...
Year: 2006

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:28

GINA and Preemployment Criminal Background Checks

Authors: Callier, Shawneequa L. ; Huss, John ; Juengst, Eric T.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: The article discusses the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and the ethical and public policy issues related to workplace genetic profiling and institutional security. GINA precludes employers from requesting DNA from...
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1353/hcr.0.0219

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-10 17:29

Drug Testing : Balancing Privacy and Public Safety

Authors: DeCew, Judith Wagner
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Elaborates on drug testing. Arguments in favor of drug testing; Threats to privacy; Arguments against drug testing; Threat to public safety; Test accuracy concerns; Constitutional guidelines and the courts; Ethical justifications....
Year: 1994

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:35

Sample Scenarios from the CSTB - A network operator sells personal information

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: One of 6 scenarios that discuss computers and Internet privacy, sampled from publications of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). A commercial network operator c...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/scene2.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-20 09:43

Privacy, Confidentiality, and Telephone Use (TI)

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is a series of articles published by the Ethics Office at Texas Instruments Corporation in the company newsletter TNEWS. This collection of articles clarifies company practices on recording and monitoring telephone calls, what ...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/7452.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-04 12:11

Proprietary and Other Sensitive Information (TI)

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is a series of articles published by the Ethics Office at Texas Instruments Corporation in the company newsletter TNEWS. This collection of articles discusses issues of dealing with sensitive information when communicating with...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/7620.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-04 12:11

Individual Privacy (TI)

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is a series of articles published by the Ethics Office at Texas Instruments Corporation in the company newsletter TNEWS. These articles look at the privacy rights that employees can expect at the workplace, and when these right...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/4740.aspx

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-02-04 17:17

Tracking Children via Cell Phones

Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Skipper, Robert Boyd ; Bellon, Christina ; Leever, Martin ; Brinkman, Anthony ; Althaus, Ruth Ann
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Several cell phone companies now offer a service that allows parents to track their children's whereabouts using their cell phones. Parents who favor tracking are looking for security in light of child abductions and online predato...
Year: 2007
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Tracking%20Children%20via%20Cell%20Phones.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-15 16:25

Measuring the Importance of Ethical Behavior Criteria

Authors: Shim, J. P. ; Crosby, Leon ; Pearson, J. Michael
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Communications of the ACM
Abstract: Due to the sensitive nature of and value associated with the different types of information required by today's managers, organizations must insist the accuracy of information provided by their computer-based systems. Unfortunately,...
Year: 1997
DOI: 10.1145/260750.260780

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-07 16:06

Information Security (TI)

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is a series of articles published by the Ethics Office at Texas Instruments Corporation in the company newsletter TNEWS. These articles focus on issues of information security, how to deal with sensitive information in the work...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/4744.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-04 12:11

Responsibilities as a Team Leader

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is a series of articles published by the Ethics Office at Texas Instruments Corporation in the company newsletter TNEWS. The authors give advice on issues surrounding the responsibilities of being a team leader and manager, inc...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/4743.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-04 12:11

Facebook Privacy

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Recently, Facebook users are beginning to wonder whether they have misjudged the company's dedication to user privacy. In 2009, Facebook changed users' default privacy settings to publishing users' posts and photographs on the open...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Facebook%20Privacy.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-09-08 09:48

Reading Pornography During Lunch Break

Authors: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology ; Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are a project manager for a Company that develops software for a wide range of applications. At lunch time you stop by the desk o f Ray, a software engineer who works under you, to leave him a note, and find him seated at his de...
Year: 9999
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Lunch%20Break.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-05 15:52

Don't Look Now, You're Being Googled : Google Search Data Compilation and User Privacy

Authors: Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University ; Clipp, Celeste
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Through its stated mission “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” Google amasses an extraordinary amount of data. When an individual conducts a search, Google records the query, the tim...
Year: 2011
URL: http://www.duke.edu/web/kenanethics/CaseStudies/GoogleData.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-09-02 10:20

Google Inc. in China

Authors: Martin, Kristen E. ; Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is a fictional case based on real events. In 2006 Google Inc. decided to launch a Chinese-language search engine physically based in China to allow for better access for Chinese users and to try and gain a larger share of the C...
Year: 2007
URL: http://www.darden.virginia.edu/corporate-ethics/pdf/BRI-1004.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-09-21 14:46