Ethics and computing : living responsibly in a computerized world / edited by Kevin W. Bowyer.
Contributor(s): Bowyer, Kevin
| John Wiley & Sons [publisher.] | IEEE Xplore (Online service) [distributor.].
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BookPublisher: New York : IEEE Press, c2001Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2000]Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 1 PDF (xix, 431 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470544594.Subject(s): Computers -- Moral and ethical aspects | Art | Biographies | Books | Chip scale packaging | Cognition | Companies | Computational modeling | Computer crashes | Computer hacking | Computer science | Computers | Constitution | Context | Contracts | Drugs | Economics | Educational institutions | Electronic mail | Employment | Encryption | Engineering profession | Ethics | Fellows | Government | Grippers | Hazards | History | IEEE Potentials | Indexes | Industries | Injuries | Internet | Keyboards | Law | Law enforcement | Materials | Organizations | Patent law | Patents | Privacy | Redundancy | Safety | Software | Software engineering | Standards | Standards organizations | Strain | Stress | Technological innovation | Terminology | Testing | Trojan horses | Weapons | WritingGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 174/.90904 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments for the first edition -- Acknowledgments for the second edition -- Getting started -- Critical-thinking skills -- Professional codes of ethics -- "Cracking" and computer security -- Encryption, law enforcement, and privacy -- Computers in safety-critical systems -- Whistle blowing -- Intellectual-property issues -- Environmental and health concerns -- Striving for fairness -- Managing your career -- Appendix A: Notes for the instructor -- Appendix B: Codes of ethics -- Appendix C: Pointers to additional resources -- Index -- About the editor.
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"Ethics and Computing, Second Edition promotes awareness of major issues and accepted procedures and policies in the area of ethics and computing using real-world companies, incidents, products and people." "Ethics and Computing, Second Edition is for topical undergraduate courses with chapters and assignments designed to encourage critical thinking and informed ethical decisions. Furthermore, this book will keep abreast computer science, computer engineering, and information systems professionals and their colleagues of current ethical issues and responsibilities."--BOOK JACKET.
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