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The Handbook of Computer Ethics

Name of the Book:
ACCESS AND EQUITY ISSUES
Book Review Chapter:
Chapter 1: Intercultural Information Ethics
Quote: The word “philosophy” points to a specific way of questioning of the kind “what is?” (ti estin), and more precisely “what is being?”
Learning Expectations:
The Aristotle’s conception of practical philosophy is concerned with the reflection on the ways human beings dwell in [...]

The Handbook of Computer Ethics

Name of the Book:
ACCESS AND EQUITY ISSUES
Book Review Chapter:
Chapter 1: The Digital Divide: A Perspective for the Future
Quote: Digital divide refers to the gap between people with effective access to digital and information technology and those with very limited or no access at all. It includes the imbalances in physical access to technology as [...]

The Handbook of Computer Ethics

Name of the Book:
ACCESS AND EQUITY ISSUES
Book Review Chapter:
Chapter 1: The Gender Agenda in Computer Ethics
Quote: The branch of philosophy that analysis the nature and social impact of computer technology as well as the standards of conduct which pertain to proper use computers. It involves social issues, such as access rights, working place monitoring, [...]

The Handbook of Computer Ethics

Name of the Book:
ACCESS AND EQUITY ISSUES
Book Review Chapter:
Chapter 1: Censorship and Access to Expression
Quote: Internet censorship is control or suppression of the publishing or accessing of information on the Internet. The legal issues are similar to offline censorship.
Learning Expectations:
Barring total control on Internet-connected computers, such as in North Korea and Cuba, total censorship [...]

The Handbook of Computer Ethics

Name of the Book:
REGULATORY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Book Review Chapter:
Chapter 1: Intellectual Property: Legal and Moral Challenges of Online File Sharing
Quote: The File sharing is the distribution or exchange of files over computer networks, and peer-to-peer (P2P) networks in particular.
Learning Expectations:
I would like to know more about file-sharing. I would like to further expand my [...]

The Handbook of Computer Ethics

Name of the Book:
REGULATORY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Book Review Chapter:
Chapter 1: The Matter of Plagiarism: What, Why, and If
Quote: The information they present, accurate in their portrayal of texts and theories, reliably fair in their evaluations of students’ work. E-mail addresses are collected from chat rooms, websites, newsgroups, and viruses.
Learning Expectations:
The information and the honest [...]

The Handbook of Computer Ethics

Name of the Book:
REGULATORY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Book Review Chapter:
Chapter 1: Email Spam
Quote: E-mail addresses are collected from chat rooms, websites, newsgroups, and viruses which harvest users’ address books, and are sold to other spammers
Learning Expectations:
ISPs have attempted to recover the cost of spam through lawsuits against spammers, although they have been mostly unsuccessful in [...]

The Handbook of Computer Ethics

Name of the Book:
REGULATORY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Book Review Chapter:
Chapter 1 : Information Overload
Quote: The impact within this issue Together with the amount of information being produced from various people on the net, the problem of Information Overload arises. The implication arises from the psychological field.
Learning Expectations:
It refers to an excess amount of information being [...]

The Handbook of Computer Ethics

Name of the Book:
REGULATORY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Book Review Chapter:
Chapter 1: Regulation and Governance of the Internet
Quote: Infrastructure layer can be considered the foundational layer of the Internet– it includes the copper and optical fibre cables (or “pipes”) and radio waves that carry data around the world and into users’ homes.
Learning Expectations:
In theory, this allows [...]