Computer Ethics

A Necessity for the new era

Why is Computer Ethics Important?

The creation and existence of new questions that older laws cannot answer 

The wide spread of WWW and its social implications

Lack of standards for professionals when facing moral choices at work.

Computer Ethics

It is not about the computers, but about people

It is not only about code or ways of conduct, but a way of thinking that derives to free choices

It is a relatively new field, thus it will result in more questions than answers

Copyright

Software licensed software, shareware & freeware Sharing over the Internet

Music Downloading MP3 Napster case

Intellectual propertyCopyright Laws

Privacy

Anonymity Pro and con

Monitoring Email privacy

Freedom of speech

Censorship

Inappropriate information Hate speech Delicate information

Pornography Uncontrolled Child porn

Responsible Computing

Hacking and cracking

Spamming

Virus, Worm and Trojan

Netiquette

Code of conduct

ACM http://www.acm.org/constitution/code.html

CEI http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/its/cei/overview/Ten_Comman

ments_of_Computer_Ethics.htm

IEEE: http://www.ieeeusa.org/DOCUMENTS/CAREER/CAREER_LIB

RARY/ethics.html

CSULA http://www.calstatela.edu/main/docs/pdf/studentrules.pdf