Schedule
Tue-Thu, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (9/5/2012 - 12/21/2012) Location: MAIN 3 443
Tue-Thu, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM (9/5/2012 - 9/11/2012) Location: MAIN 3 525
Description
PREREQUISITE: ENG 101 or Permission of Instructor
This course examines the ethical issues arising from advances in computer technology and the responsibility that computer professionals and users have in regards to computer use by focusing on the intrinsic link between ethics and the law. Both ethics and the law try to define the validity of human actions, and on the moral and ethical dilemmas created by computer technology that challenge the traditional ethical and moral concepts. Topics include issues of professional ethics, computer crime, privacy, freedom of expression, software development, intellectual property, and the balance between scientific advances and the acceptability of risk. Students will write an analytical paper on an appropriate topic and present their findings to the class.