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Human Choice and Computers

Issues of Choice and Quality of Life in the Information Society

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Klaus Brunnstein

    1. Faculty for Informatics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Jacques Berleur

    1. Institut d’Informatique, Facultes Universitaire Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium

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Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT, volume 98)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  3. Quality of Life and Quality of Working Life #2

    1. Theoretical perspective on the interplay between ICT and quality of life

      • Gunilla Bradley
      Pages 31-41

    2. Using Technology to help the Citizen Enrollment

      • Marcos Clayton Pessoa, Joaquim Celestino Jr., Sandra Maciel Barreto, José Carvalho Filho Jr.
      Pages 43-53

    3. Information and communication technology and the home environment

      • Andy Sloane
      Pages 55-60

  4. History of Computing

    1. Some Great Myths of the History of Computing

      • J. A. N. Lee
      Pages 61-75

    2. Roots of Computing in Austria

      • Kurt Walk
      Pages 77-87

  5. Ethics and Social Accountability in the Information Society #1

    1. Self-regulation: Content, Legitimacy and Efficiency — Governance and Ethics

      • Jacques Berleur, Tanguy Ewbank de Wespin
      Pages 89-108

    2. Trust, corruption, and surveillance in the electronic workplace

      • John Weckert
      Pages 109-119

    3. Ethics and Learning

      • Tom Dedeurwaerdere
      Pages 121-130

  6. Ethics and Social Accountability in the Information Society #2

    1. Computer Augmented Research and Scientific Misconduct

      • Wolfgang Coy
      Pages 131-146

    2. The Security Aspect of Information Society as a Global Biocultural System

      • Laszlo Z. Karvalics
      Pages 147-162

    3. Choice and responsibility: the delegation of decision making to intelligent software agents

      • Carolyn Dowling, Paul Nicholson
      Pages 163-170

  7. Responsibility of IT Professionals

    1. Responsibility and the Work of IT-Professionals

      • Peter Bittner, Eva Hornecker
      Pages 171-181

  8. Legitimacy, Legality and Power in the Information Society: September 11 Fallout: Social Implications of Terrorist Attacks

    1. Is The Enemy Us?

      • Richard S. Rosenberg
      Pages 183-194

    2. National Identification Schemes (NIDS)

      • Andrew Clement, Robert Guerra, Jeff Johnson, Felix Stalder
      Pages 195-205

    3. A Classification of Biometric Applications Wanted by Politics

      • Arslan Broemme
      Pages 207-219

  9. Panel Discussion

    1. Preventing Privacy Attacks and Cybercrime in the Mobile Internet

      • Simone Fischer-Huebner, Alberto Escudero Pascual, Helena Lindskog
      Pages 221-223

  10. Roles of Developing Countries in the Information Society

    1. Towards a Framework for Sustainable Knowledge Management in Organisations in Developing Countries

      • Adekunle Okunoye
      Pages 225-237
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Human Choice and Computers: Issues of Choice and Quality of Life in the Information Society presents different views about how terrorist actions are influencing political and social discussions and decisions, and it covers questions related to legitimacy and power in the Information Society. Ethical principles are important guidelines for responsible behavior of IT professionals. But even under strong external pressure, long ranging aspects such as education and the roles of developing countries in the Information Society are important to discuss, especially to enable all to actively participate in information processes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty for Informatics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Klaus Brunnstein

  • Institut d’Informatique, Facultes Universitaire Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium

    Jacques Berleur

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