Computer Science

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Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center ; National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: You are an engineer working for a company that is the sole supplier of a chip component that is crucial to the operation of a lethal defensive military weapon. Such ethical issues are raised as the nature of the product and its vari...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/profpractice/ppcases/numericalprob/weapons.aspx

Authors: Ben-Jacob, Marion G. ; Mercy College
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: With the support of the National Science Foundation a team at Mercy College conducted a two year project on integrating computerethics across the curriculum. The first phase of the project was a hands-on workshop for a core group of...
Year: 2004

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-10 15:37

Authors: Kingsbury, John ; Hanchey, Cindy Meyer
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: Ethics in the Computer Age
Year: 1994
DOI: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/199544.199547

Authors: Raritan Valley Community College ; New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Developed through a National Science Foundation Grants, this is a collection of essays from faculty of the Raritan Valley Community College explaining how they developed an ethics component for inclusion into their regular coursewor...
Year: 1996

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-07-13 15:09

Authors: Goold, Annegret ; Coldwell, Jo
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Abstract: This paper describes an undergraduate ethics course in the computer science department at Deakin University which is entirely taught online. The article discusses some of the major challenges faced when teaching an online ethics cou...
Year: 2005

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

Authors: Abunawass, Adel M. ; Fisher, Theresia G.
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: Ethics in the Computer Age
Abstract: This paper presents a capstone course on computer ethics required for all computer science majors in our program. The course was designed to encourage students to evaluate their own personal value systems in terms of the established...
Year: 1994
DOI: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/199544.199590

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Two individuals meet online, both are married and have been caught by one of the spouses. The commercial network operator has obligations to enforce policies, including threatning material....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/computers/compcases/netprivacy/scene1.aspx

Authors: National Academy of Engineering, Online Ethics Center
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A commercial network operator collects personal information and sells it to companies for telemarketers without informed consent....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/computers/compcases/netprivacy/scene2.aspx

Authors: Kocikowski, Andrzej
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This article looks at some context-specific social and political factors in Eastern and Central Europe that should be considered when developing strategies to introduce computer ethics into professional programs.The author uses Pol...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583554

Authors: Huff, Chuck
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This short article defends the setting of impossible ideals as goals in computing from the claim that these ideals only produce cynicism. Professional employee cynicism results when the moral ecology of an organization (e.g. exclusi...
Year: 2008
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-008-9069-2

Authors: Anderson, Ronald E. ; Little, Joyce Currie ; Huff, Chuck
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper describes the major components of ImpactCS, a program to develop strategies and curriculum materials for integrating social and ethical considerations into the computer science curriculum. It presents, in particular, the ...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583555

Authors: Wujek, Joseph H.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A project team is developing new software for airplane altitude controls combined with navigation. How is the software to be tested? How are the results to be interpreted, and what are the expectations and goals for the quality of t...
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/profpractice/ppcases/numericalprob/EE22.aspx

Authors: Meyer, Albert R.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A scenario meant to stimulate discussion about the ethical issues that arise when students need advisor approval on order to submit papers for conferences or publishing....
Year: 2006
URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/CMS/2963/modindex/resethpages/publish.aspx

Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: Proceedings. Ninth Conference on Software Engineering Education (Cat. No.96TB100019)
Abstract: The paper describes some approaches which can be used to help students develop professional skills and awareness of computer ethics issues in a software engineering class. One of the fundamental issues concerns the student's lack of...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1109/CSEE.1996.491377

Authors: Fraga, Anabel ; González, M. Rosario ; Génova, Gonzalo
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The authors discuss some of the weaknesses of using consequence-based ethics, in teaching professional ethics in the area of software engineering. They argue that naïve consequentialism is intellectually too weak to serve as a prac...
Year: 2007
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-007-9017-6

Authors: Gotterbarn, Donald ; Miller, Keith ; Rogerson, Simon
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, intended as a standard for teaching and practicing software engineering, documents the ethical and professional obligations of software engineers. The code should in...
Year: 2001
DOI: http://www.springerlink.com/content/jh0w671j61kl5269/

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

Authors: Glagola, Charles
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper describes a session at a conference where two engineering professors and a philosophy professor discussed the teaching of ethics in engineering and computer science. The panelists considered the integration of material on...
Year: 1997

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Authors: Gorniak-Kocikowska, Krystyna
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: The author agrees with James Moor that computer technology, because it is 'logically malleable', is bringing about a genuine social revolution. Moor compares the computer revolution to the 'industrial revolution' of the late 18th an...
Year: 1996
URL: http://southernct.edu/organizations/rccs/resources/research/global_info/gorniak/comp_rev_intro.html
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583552

Authors: Geller, Lisa N.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: Discusses the responsibilities of a genetic data bank manager to donors and the community, response to article, 'Strategies for Consulting with the Community: The Cases of Four Large-Scale Databanks'...
Year: 2004
DOI: http://www.springerlink.com/content/t4wm2222754w1473/

Authors: Connolly, Frank W.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Science and Engineering Ethics
Abstract: This paper considers the relationship between ethics, technology and law and the roles and limitations each has in this relationship. It argues that ethics has the key role in establishing a resilient, comprehensive and sensitive in...
Year: 1996
DOI: 10.1007/BF02583551

Authors: Quinn, P. M. ; Miller, J. E. ; Clancy, E. A.
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual
Abstract: The author describes the use of case studies into a course in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. During a three-hour "laboratory" period, students read and discussed four short case studies in e...
Year: 2001
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2001.963999

Authors: Catalano, George D.
Publication Type: Conference Paper
Secondary Title: 34th Annual Frontiers Education (IEEE Cat. No. 04CH37579)
Abstract: Various attempts are described in an effort to integrate ethics into the freshman year engineering classes. The attempts include formal lectures on moral reasoning theories, ethics focused videos/DVDs, environmentally focused design...
Year: 2004
URL: http://fie-conference.org/fie2004/papers/1004.pdf
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2004.1408772