Computer Ethics

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A Computer Ethics is a field in applied ethics that deals with how computing professionals should make ethical decisions regarding professional conduct and social conduct.



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2014

  • (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/computer_ethics Retrieved:2014-6-5.
    • Computer Ethics is a part of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct. Margaret Anne Pierce, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computers at Georgia Southern University has categorized the ethical decisions related to computer technology and usage into 3 primary influences: * 1. The individual's own personal code. * 2. Any informal code of ethical conduct that exists in the work place. * 3. Exposure to formal codes of ethics. [1]
  1. Margaret, A, & Henry, J. Journal of business ethics. Computer Ethics: The Role of Personal, Informal, and Formal Codes, 15(4), 425, Retrieved from http://www.springerlink.com/content/m3201253822641r0/

1998

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