Contemporary issues in ethics and information technology

• Main Author: Schultz, Robert A., 1942-
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2006.
• Subjects: Ethics.; Information technology.; Technology > Moral and ethical aspects.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book uses general ethical principles derived from the work of John Rawls and Martin Heidegger, as a basis for discussion of ethical problems in information technology use within organizations including privacy, security, piracy, outsourcing of high-level jobs and the value of IT itself.

Table of Contents:

• Ethics and IT-The Background
• Ethics and IT Professionals: Professional duties ; Justice in a market economy ; Trust issues in a market economy ; Offshoring as an ethical issue
• Ethics and IT Users: Privacy and security ; Copyright and piracy ; E-problems
• Ultimate Questions: Valuing Information Technology ; The Ultimate Value of Technology ; The Ultimate Value of Information Technology
• Conclusion.