Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age

• Main Author: Kizza, Joseph Migga. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Texts in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Technology > Philosophy.; Data encryption (Computer science).; Social sciences.; Computer Science.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Data Encryption.; Computers and Society.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Social Sciences, general.; Philosophy of Technology.
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Ethical dilemmas have risen in number and intensity with the increasing dependence of contemporary society on computers and computer networks. Despite the proliferation of expert remedies, viable solutions to computer security issues remain too elusive, and society continues to suffer at the hands o...

Table of Contents:

• History of Computing
• Morality and the Law
• Ethics and Ethical Analysis
• Ethics and the Professions
• Anonymity, Security, Privacy, and Civil Liberties
• Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology
• Social Context of Computing
• Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities
• Computer Crimes
• New Frontiers for Computer Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Cyberspace, and Virtual Reality
• Cyberspace, Cyberethics and Social Networking
• Computer Networks and Online Crimes
• Computer Crime InvestigationsComputer Forensics
• Biometrics.