Ethics for the Information Age / Edition 7

by Michael Quinn

Overview

The New Normal: Evaluating Social and Ethical Concerns in the Information Age

New technologies have brought us many benefits, but they have also raised many social and ethical concerns. The authors view in Ethics for the Information Age is that we ought to approach every new technology in a thoughtful manner, considering not just its short-term benefits, but also how its long-term use will affect our lives. A thoughtful response to information technology requires a basic understanding of its history, an awareness of current information-technology- related issues, and a familiarity with ethics.

In the Seventh Edition, Quinn provides an impartial look at the problems technology both solves and creates. As in previous editions, he presents information in a manner that leads you to arrive at your own conclusions on crucial ethics questions. Weaving in a vital dose of IT history, the new topics keep the book relevant and can function as either a sole reference or a supplemental guide for computer ethics courses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780134296548
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	02/11/2016
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	568
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Michael J. Quinn earned a BS in mathematics from Gonzaga University and an MS in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He worked for 2 years as a software engineer at Tektronix, Inc., then returned to graduate school to complete a PhD in computer science from Washington State University. For a total of 24 years, he was a computer science professor at the University of New Hampshire and Oregon State University. He did pioneering research in the field of parallel computing, and his textbooks on that subject have been used by hundreds of universities worldwide. In the early 2000s his focus shifted to computer ethics, and the result was Ethics for the Information Age. Since 2007 he has served as Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Seattle University.

Table of Contents

1. Catalysts for Change

2. Introduction to Ethics

3. Networked Communications

4. Intellectual Property

5. Information Privacy

6. Privacy and the Government

7. Computer and Network Security

8. Computer Reliability

9. Professional Ethics

10. Work and Wealth

Appendix A: Plagiarism