Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Introduction To Social And Ethical Computing

   Pages 1-18

3. Morality And The Law

   Pages 19-36

4. Ethics, Technology, And Value

   Pages 37-63

5. Ethics And The Professions

   Pages 65-96

6. Anonymity, Security, Privacy, And Civil Liberties

   Pages 97-123

7. Intellectual Property Rights And Computer Technology

   Pages 125-155

8. Social Context Of Computing

   Pages 157-199

9. Software Issues: Risks And Liabilities

   Pages 201-238

10. Computer Crimes

    Pages 239-262

11. New Frontiers For Computer Ethics Artificial Intelligence, Cyberspace, And Virtual Reality

    Pages 263-281

12. Cyberspace And Cyberethics

    Pages 283-321

13. Computer Networks And Online Crimes

    Pages 323-342

14. Computer Crime Investigations-Computer Forensics

    Pages 343-358

15. Biometrics

    Pages 359-375

16. Back Matter

    Pages 377-429

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viii As we look for such a strategy, technological development races on with new technologies that make our efforts and existing technologies on which they are based obsolete in shorter and shorter periods. For example, when I started to write the first edition in 1996, computer networking and associated computer network security were not big, the Internet and associated d- coms were yet to become commercialized and associated with big money, and mass global computer network attacks like “Malissa”, “Love Boy”, and Distributed Denial of Services (DDOS) were unknown. All these illustrate the speed at which the computing environment is changing and demonstrate a need for continuous review of the computer s- ence education in both content and pedagogy. So the focus in this edition is to address those changes. In this edition, I have made major changes in some of the chapters, reorganized others, and added new ones to bring the book update with current issues.

• Internet
• Moral
• anonymity
• artificial intelligence
• communication
• computer crime
• computer ethics
• cyberspace
• data security
• ethics
• information
• information technology
• privacy
• security
• technology

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)

• University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, TN, USA

  Joseph Migga Kizza

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