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# Hardcover: 232 pages
# Publisher: Springer; 2nd edition (December 6, 2002)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 038795421X
# ISBN-13: 978-0387954219


Review

From the reviews of the third edition:

"It is encouraging to encounter a textbook for undergraduate students that is devoted to information age ethics ... . This third edition contains three new chapters. ... I appreciate Kizza's work in the ethical education of information technology (IT) students. ... Overall, I recommend this very basic ... but significant educational topic as an introductory text." (Brad Reid, Computing Reviews, December, 2008)
--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


Product Description
Rapid advances in computing and information science often outpace society's ability to adapt its moral and legal codes. Different computing paradigms applied to the same ethical issues can often lead to conflicting confusions.

This second edition examines ethical, social, and policy challenges stemming from the emergence of cyberspace, the convergence of telecommunications, and other information handling products. The book broadly surveys thought-provoking questions about the impact of these new technologies, with particular emphasis on the growth of the Internet, artificial intelligence, cyberspace, and virtual reality.

Topics and features:

* Describes how changes in information technology influence morality and the law.
* Surveys the history of computing and the recent evolution of computer crimes
* Incorporates recent requirements for computer science curricula
* Assess workplace concerns related to privacy, surveillance, and virtual offices
* Contains numerous discussion and research projects on all presented material
* Considers what should be covered in a professional code of conduct of IT professionals
* Offers a pertinent discussion on civil liberties, harassment, and discrimination..