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Social, ethical, and policy implications of information technology /

This title focuses on the human impact of information systems, including ethical challenges, social implications, legal issues, and unintended costs and consequences.

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Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Brennan, Linda L. (Editor); Johnson, Victoria (Victoria Elizabeth) (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Information society.
Information technology > Social aspects.
Information science > Moral and ethical aspects.
Communication of technical information.
Computer scientists.
Copyright > United States.
Information technology > Government policy > United States.
Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59140-168-1
Summary: This title focuses on the human impact of information systems, including ethical challenges, social implications, legal issues, and unintended costs and consequences.
Carrier Form: PDFs (viii, 304 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781591401698 (ebook)
1591401690 (ebook)
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: HM851
CLC: G201
Contents: 1. Global perspectives on the information society / William J. McIver, Jr. -- 2. Digital divides : their social and ethical implications / Emma Rooksby, John Weckert -- 3. The perils of access and immediacy : unintended consequences of information technology / Linda L. Brennan -- 4. What, me, worry? : the empowerment of employees / Marsha Cook Woodbury -- 5. Managing workplace privacy responsibly / Richard A. Spinello, John Gallaugher, Sandra Waddock -- 6. Virtual harms and real responsibility / Chuck Huff, Deborah G. Johnson, Keith W. Miller -- 7. Ethical challenges for information systems professionals / Gerald M. Hoffman -- 8. Living within glass houses : coping with organizational transparency / Victoria E. Johnson -- 9. Ethical challenges of information systems : the carnage of outsourcing and other technology-enabled organizational imperatives / David Wiencek -- 10. A contrarian's view : new wine in old bottles, new economy and old ethics-can it work? / Marianne M. Jennings -- 11. Liability for system and data quality / Robert D. Sprague -- 12. Software engineering as a profession : a moral case for licensure / J. Carl Ficarrotta -- 13. Copyright law in the digital age / Jordan M. Blanke -- 14. 'Digital orphans' : technology's wayward children / Mark Kieler, Michael J. West -- 15. Compliance with data management laws / Jack S. Cook, Laura L. Cook -- 16. The central problem in cyber ethics and how stories can be used to address it / John M. Artz.

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