Ethics in information technology

1. An overview of ethics -- Cisco Chairman and CEO advocates ethical behavior -- Importance of integrity -- Difference between morals, ethics, and laws -- Ethics in the business world -- Corporate social responsibility -- Creating an ethical work environment -- Ethical considerations in decision making -- Ethics in information technology -- 2. Ethics for IT workers and IT users -- IT professionals -- Professional code of ethics -- Professional organizations -- Government licensing -- IT professional malpractice -- IT users -- Compliance -- 3. Computer and internet crime -- The Reveton Ransomware attacks -- IT security incidents -- Federal laws for prosecuting computer attacks -- Implementing trustworthy computing -- 4. Privacy -- National Security Agency (NSA) -- Privacy protection and the law -- Information privacy -- Privacy laws, applications, and court rulings -- Key privacy and anonymity issues -- Data breaches -- Electronic discovery -- Consumer profiling -- Workplace monitoring -- Advanced surveillance technology -- 5. Freedom of expression -- Reputation Changer : online reputation management company -- First Amendment rights -- Obscene speech -- Defamation -- Freedom of expression -- Controlling access to information on the Internet -- Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) -- Anonymity on the Internet -- Hate speech -- Pornography -- 6. Intellectual property -- Copyrights -- Fair use doctrine -- Software copyright protection -- The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act of 2008 -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) -- The WTO and the WTO TRIPS Agreement (1994) -- The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIOP) Copyright Treaty (1996) -- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998) -- Patents -- Leahy-smith America Invents Act (2011) -- Software patents -- Cross-licensing agreements -- Trade secrets -- Trade secret laws -- Employees and trade secrets -- Key intellectual property issues -- Plagiarism -- Reverse engineering -- Open Source Code -- Competitive intelligence -- Trademark infringement -- Cybersquatting --

7. Software development

Stock markets susceptible to software glitches

Strategies for engineering quality software

Software product liability

Capability maturity model integration

Key issues in software development

Development of safety-critical systems

Quality management standards

8. The impact of information technology on productivity and quality of life

E-rate Program

Impact of It on the standard of living and worker productivity

Impact of IT on health care costs

Electronic health records

Telehealth

Medial information web sites for laypeople

9. Social networking

Wanelo

Social networking web site

Business applications of online social networking

Social network advertising

Social networks in the hiring process

Social media to improve customer service

Social shopping web sites

Social networking ethical issues

Cyberbullying

Cyberstalking

Encounters with sexual predators

Uploading of inappropriate material

Online virtual worlds

Crime in virtual worlds

Educational and business uses of virtual worlds

10. Ethics of IT organizations

Key ethical issues for organizations

Need for nontraditional workers

Contingent workers

H-1B workers

Using H-1B workers instead of U.S. workers

Potential exploitation

Outsourcing

Offshore outsourcing

Whistle-blowing

Whistle-blowing protection for private-sector workers

Green computing

ICT Industry Code of Conduct

Appendix A. A brief introduction to morality

Egoism vs. altruism

Deontology, or the ethics of logical consistency and duty

Utilitarianism

Promises and contracts

Greeks : the good life of virtue

Feminism and the ethics of care

Pluralism

Appendix B. Answers to self-assessment questions.

Chapter 1: An overview of ethics

Chapter 2: Ethics for IT workers and IT users

Chapter 3: Cyberattacks and cybersecurity

Chapter 4: Privacy

Chapter 5: Freedom of expression

Chapter 6: Intellectual property

Chapter 7: Ethical decisions in software development

Chapter 8: The impact of information technology on society

Chapter 9: Social media

Chapter 10: Ethics of IT organizations

Appendix A: A brief introduction to morality.