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Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Joseph Migga Kizza

    1. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, USA

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  • Provides a wide-ranging survey of the impact of new technologies on ethical and social issues
  • Thoroughly revised and enhanced new edition, with new chapters on cyberbullying and the Internet of Things
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Texts in Computer Science (TCS)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. History of Computing

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    Pages 1-13

  3. Morality and the Law

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    Pages 15-30

  4. Ethics and Ethical Analysis

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    Pages 31-54

  5. Ethics and the Professions

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    Pages 55-77

  6. Anonymity, Security, Privacy, and Civil Liberties

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    Pages 79-101

  7. Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology

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    Pages 103-128

  8. Social Context of Computing

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    Pages 129-163

  9. Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities

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    Pages 165-190

  10. Computer Crimes

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    Pages 191-209

  11. New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Artificial Intelligence

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    Pages 211-220

  12. New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Virtualization and Virtual Reality

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    Pages 221-240

  13. New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Cyberspace

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    Pages 241-264

  14. Cyberbullying

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    Pages 265-275

  15. Internet of Things (IoT): Growth, Challenges, and Security

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    Pages 277-291

  16. Ethical, Privacy, and Security Issues in the Online Social Network Ecosystems

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    Pages 293-319

  17. Mobile Systems and Their Intractable Social, Ethical and Security Issues

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    Pages 321-338

  18. Computer Crime Investigations and Ethics

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    Pages 339-353

  19. Biometric Technologies and Ethics

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    Pages 355-369

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 371-413
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About this book

This engaging and thought-provoking textbook examines the ethical, social, and policy challenges arising from our rapidly and continuously evolving computing technology, ranging from the Internet to the ubiquitous portable devices we use to access it. The text emphasizes the need for a strong ethical framework for all applications of computer science and engineering in our professional and personal life.

This thoroughly revised and updated sixth edition features two new chapters covering online harassment and cyberbullying, and the complex issues introduced by the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT).

Topics and features: establishes a philosophical framework and analytical tools for discussing moral theories and problems in ethical relativism; offers pertinent discussions on privacy, surveillance, employee monitoring, biometrics, civil liberties, harassment, the digital divide, and discrimination; examines the ethical, cultural and economic realities of mobile telecommunications, computer social network ecosystems, and virtualization technology; reviews issues of property rights, responsibility and accountability relating to information technology and software; explores the evolution of electronic crime, network security, and computer forensics; introduces the new frontiers of ethics: virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and the Internet; discusses the security quagmire of the IoT, and the growing threat of bullying facilitated by electronic technology (NEW); provides exercises, objectives, and issues for discussion with every chapter.

This extensive textbook/reference addresses the latest curricula requirements for understanding the cultural, social, legal, and ethical issues in computer science and related fields, and offers invaluable advice for industry professionals wishing to put such principles into practice.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, USA

    Joseph Migga Kizza

About the author

Dr. Joseph Migga Kizza is a Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA.  He is also the author of the successful Springer title Guide to Computer Network Security.

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