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The Cambridge handbook of information and computer ethics

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-12 15:55

Who Can Change Proprietary Source Code

Authors: Pritchard, Michael S.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Derek Evans used to work for a small computer firm that specializes in developing software for management tasks. Derek was a primary contributor in designing an innovative software system for customer services. Derek is now working ...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/12697.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-11 10:28

Computer and information ethics

Authors: Adeney, Douglas ; Weckert, John
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Contributions to the study of computer science,
Abstract: This volume discusses the issues surrounding computer and information ethics, focusing areas such as professional ethics, censorship on the internet, intellectual property, privacy, and responsibility....
Year: 1997

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-09-14 13:31

Computer Ethics

Authors: Johnson, Deborah G.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This volume introduces some of the main issues that arise in the area of computer ethics. The author gives a short introduction to ethical theories and how they are used in decision-making and goes on to explain what is meant by pro...
Year: 2001

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-20 13:17

Case studies in library and information science ethics

Authors: Buchanan, Elizabeth A. ; Henderson, Kathrine A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Contains 125 case studies from the fields of library and information focusing on issues of intellecutal freedom, privacy, intellectual property, and professional ethics. The authors include a brief introduction to ethical theories a...
Year: 2009

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-12 14:34

Wired shut : copyright and the shape of digital culture

Authors: Gillespie, Tarleton
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This volume looks at the way in which copyright law has become a series of technological "speed bumps" that determine the politics of online spaces. Copyright laws are coded into the architecture of websites and software in order t...
Year: 2007

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-12 15:56

Intellectual property rights in a networked : world theory and practice

Authors: Spinello, Richard A. ; Tavani, Herman T.
Publication Type: Web Article
Abstract: This collection of essays focuses on the scope and future of intellectual property rights. Divided into three parts, the first section gives a broad overview of the main themes of intellectual property, including normative intellect...
Year: 2005

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-13 13:47

Information technology ethics : cultural perspectives

Authors: Soraj, Hongladarom ; Ess, Charles
Publication Type: Book
Secondary Title: Premier reference source
Abstract: "his book takes a genuinely global approach to the diverse ethical issues evoked by information and communication technologies, looking at issues such as privacy, intellectual property and the digital divide from a non-Western persp...
Year: 2007

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-13 13:46

Cyberethics : morality and law in cyberspace

Authors: Spinello, Richard A.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This volume takes an in-depth look of the ethical issues that have arisen due to the ever-expanding use of the internet, and offers up-to-date leagal and philosophical perspectives on issues such as free speech, intellectual propert...
Year: 2011

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-13 13:47

The Case of the Troubled Computer Programmer

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A programmer is asked to install proprietary software in violation of the licensing agreement....
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/TroubledProgrammer.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-19 13:35

Installing Programs Without Licensing

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A supervisor promises a technician that he will not be held responsible for installing un-licensed software....
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/licensing.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-19 13:35

Who Owns My Invention? A Look at University Researchers and Technology Transfer

Authors: Justin Rich
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Scenario that looks at internet search engines and the ethical questions raised about technological transfer and research....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/techtransfer.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-15 13:33

Sample Scenarios from the CSTB - Library Databases

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 student usues the library's e...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/scene5.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-20 10:54

Software Protection and Intellectual Property - Role Play Material from MIT's EECS Department

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Original Role Play on Intellectual Property involving RSA Encryption. This role play was used in MIT's introductory computer science subject, the Structure and Integration of Computer Programs...
Year: 1992
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/mitroleplay.aspx

Biblio - Anonymous - 2010-10-20 10:53

Using Other People's Software

Authors: Unger, Stephen H.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A fictionalized case about an employee who was discharged for bringing attention to the company practice of using pirated software....
Year: 1999
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/OthersSoftware.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-27 14:05

The David LaMacchia Case

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This is an annotated list of links to articles, legal documents, and newsgroup postings pertaining to the software piracy case of David LaMacchia, an MIT student who allegedly used university hardware to distribute commercial softwa...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/lamindex.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-08-12 14:24

A gift of fire : social, legal, and ethical issues for computing and the Internet

Authors: Baase, Sara
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive view of the ethical issues that have become important in this age of information, including computers and privacy, censorship on the internet, issues of intellectual property and intellectual freed...
Year: 2008

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-12 14:34

Record Keeping Procedures

Publication Type: Guidelines & Regulations
Abstract: This is a short list of guidelines put out by Harvard University's Office of Technology Development that outlines how to keep records in research in order to insure the retention of maximum patent rights....
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.techtransfer.harvard.edu/inventions/ip/patents/recordkeeping/

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-01-24 17:28

Research in Science (Intellectual Property)

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Students in an advanced computer programming class develop a program that automates the enrollment process for a private school in the area. At the end of the course, the students who developed the best program deny the professor th...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/IntelProperty.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-10-19 13:34

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

Software Piracy: A View from Hong Kong

Authors: Moores, Trevor ; Dhillon, Gurpreet
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Communications of the ACM
Abstract: Software piracy accounts for billions of dollars in lost sales. But for many nations, U.S. price tags make legal ownership impossible. The main problem areas include Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific region, while the p...
Year: 2000
DOI: 10.1145/355112.355129

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-07 16:05

Whose Property?

Authors: Harris, Charles E. ; Pritchard, Michael S. ; Rabins, Michael J.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: At his previous job at a small computer firm specializing in developing software for management tasks, Derek was the primary contributor in designing an innovative software system for customer services. His former employer never ask...
Year: 2000
URL: http://www.bsyse.wsu.edu/pitts/be120/Handouts/cases/case15.htm

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-02-22 15:06

Ethics and Law on the Electronic Frontier

Authors: Abelson, Hal ; Fischer, Mike ; Weitzner, Danny ; Perelman, Les ; Unger, Don
Publication Type: Syllabi
Abstract: This is the course webpage for a class taught jointly at Harvard Law School and MIT. Instructors include Abelson, Fischer and others. Includes a syllabus, very complete notes on in-class discussions, assignments, student papers, the...
Year: 2010
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/TeachingTools/20354/21482.aspx

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-02-16 15:13

MP3s on Campus

Authors: Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In the late 1990's, the Recording Industry Association of America undertook a major effort to combat copyright violations where individuals create and share MP3 files of their favorite sound recordings over the internet. In the fal...
Year: 2000
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/MP3%20on%20Campus.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-03-23 15:12

Software Protection & Intellectual Property - Role Play Material from MIT's EECS Department

Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Publication Type: Case Study
Secondary Title: Cases and Scenarios
Abstract: Original Role Play on Intellectual Property involving RSA Encryption. This role play was used in MIT's introductory computer science subject, the Structure and Integration of Computer Programs...
Year: 2002
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/Resources/Cases/mitroleplay.aspx

Biblio - KBL781 - 2011-05-19 09:55