Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age (5th ed. 2013) (Texts in Computer Science)

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Synopsis
This new edition examines the ethical, social, and policy challenges stemming from computing and telecommunication technology, and mobile information-enabling devices. Features: establishes a philosophical framework and analytical tools for discussing moral theories and problems in ethical relativism; offers pertinent discussions on privacy, surveillance, employee monitoring, biometrics, civil liberties, harassment, the digital divide, and discrimination; examines the new ethical, cultural and economic realities of computer social networks; reviews issues of property rights, responsibility and accountability relating to IT and software; discusses how virtualization technology informs ethical behavior; introduces the frontiers of ethics in VR, AI, and the Internet; surveys the social, moral and ethical value systems in mobile telecommunications; explores the evolution of electronic crime, network security, and computer forensics; provides exercises, objectives, and issues for discussion in every chapter.
Copyright:
2013

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ISBN-13:
9781447149903
Related ISBNs:
9781447149897
Publisher:
Springer London
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Springer
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Reference, Computers and Internet, Social Studies, Philosophy, Sociology
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