Ethical Decision Making and Information Technology
An Introduction with Cases
Published on 1. January 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-0-07-033884-5 (ISBN)
Description
A supplement to an information systems course, this text provides 18 real-life case studies, aiming to reflect a variety of situations in which ethical decisions must be made. Each one of these cases can be covered in a 50 minute session and they are designed to be covered in any order. This book includes coverage of the following topics: a misuse of company resources, accountability for actions, data recombination, whistle blowing, premature software release and overdependence on computers. Also available is an instructor's manual (0-07-033835-x).
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-07-033884-5 (9780070338845)
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Content
Ethics is not a four letter word - an explanation of ethics and decision making, ethics and information technology; computers don't have ethics, people do - solving ethical dilemmas, a sample case exercise, levity or libel?, a misuse of company resources, accountability for actions; credit woes - accuracy, credit bureau, vendor/client conflicts, is everybody happy?, data recombination, abort, retry; ignore - unauthorized access, whistle bolwing, data access; messages from all over - inappropriate use of resources, EMail; a side order of fees - duty, respect, consulting responsibility; the new job - offensive start up screen, sexual harrassment; the buyout - privacy, data access; charades - password theft, duty, professor teaches bas habits, power, lack of respect, misuse of authority; Laccaria and Eagle - grey market, international trade, protectionist measures; taking bad with good - premature software release, unprofessional behaviour, virus release in distribution; proper paupers - power in society, poor school v rich engineering firm, software privacy; test data - ethics of development, breaking trust, keeping quiet; the brain pick - knowledge engineering; trouble in Sardonia - copyrights, international policy; downtime - ethical impact study, overdependence on computers, arrogance of information system professionals; code blue - privacy; body suits - the dark side, expert systems, artificial intelligence, virtual reality.