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Ethics and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing Paperback – 12 February 2010

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Information technology professionals must not only have a strong understanding of the latest technology, but they also need to be grounded in ethics. The third edition provides them with the information they need to succeed in the field. Each chapter is updated with new case studies and scenarios to provide the most current information. Review and discussion questions are included to reinforce key concepts. The in-text citations and references are revised to offer additional resources. Updated material is also presented on online communities and democracy, globalization and job outsourcing, security for wireless networking, and international cybercrime legislation. This enables information technology professionals to apply the concepts with a focus on ethics.
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  1. Print length
    432 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    John Wiley & Sons
  4. Publication date
    12 February 2010
  5. Dimensions
    19 x 1.57 x 23.4 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0470509503
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0470509500
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Herman T. Tavani, Ph.D ., is Professor of Philosophy at River College (New Hampshire) and President of the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT). He is the author, editor, or coeditor of five books on ethical and social aspects of information technology.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ John Wiley & Sons; 3rd Edition (12 February 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0470509503
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0470509500
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19 x 1.57 x 23.4 cm
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Joao M. R. Marcelino
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2016
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Great book about a complex subject.
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M. Rosenbaum
5.0 out of 5 stars Ethics and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing 3rd ed.
Reviewed in the United States on 19 May 2011
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Myriad fields of philosophy exist within the halls of academia. Among these philosophical fields, ethics comprise one branch of morality that represents the study of ethics. Dr. Tavani represents one of those philosophers who specialize in the applied field of computer ethicists. His journal publications, conference presentations, and textbooks span decades. Seldom does a reader have the opportunity to gain the insights from such an individual who is so highly respected within his field of practice. In his third edition of Ethics and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing, Dr. Tavani once again demonstrates his acuity for the ethical issues related to information systems and information technology. His writings and explanations within this textbook provide the reader great understanding for why ethical interpretations of technology are needed. Further, the text also provides insights not always found from other computer ethicists. This fact, in and of its self, makes this book an excellent read for any individual interested in computer ethics, the problems that society faces because of technology, and how society can come to terms with handling some of technologies more complex technologically based ethical issues.
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Bhadra M. Walker
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written and informative.
Reviewed in the United States on 10 October 2013
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of ethics as they relate to information technology, and is presented in a nice logical east to grasp manner.
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O. Asghar
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in the United States on 8 February 2013
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This book is part of university and college courses, and I think it is great for independent reading. Theories of Ethics and "Cyber law" issues are discussed in a rather fun and intuitive examples and history of cyberethics and legal cases from real life. I never knew about Sony vs Universal, and the Sony Safe Harbor decision and how Napster was different. Very informative. Honestly, seriously, this was required reading in my Masters degree IT program. I dreaded it, that this will be the most boring course as there is no coding and no building anything, no database and no architecture to play with. It turned out to be a very memorable course and probably the best course in the whole 3 years that I took for the program. I recommend this book for students of cyberethics and general IT readers and enthusiast, electronics tinkerers, and IT business entrepreneurs. This is not an exhaustive text but a very thorough introduction to cyberethics issues. Links provided in the book are very useful. I would suggest to do online searches in your CINAHL or EBSCOHOST libraries on the same topics for journal articles.
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John S
2.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to read due to lack of conciseness
Reviewed in the United States on 14 September 2017
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The book is written as if Tavani was trying to meet a word count but fell short on content. Example sentence:
"Are the ethical issues surrounding Harry’s situation new and thus unique to cybertechnology, because the practice of downloading digital media from the Internet—a practice that many in the movie and recording industries call “digital piracy”—would not have been possible if computer technology had not been invented in the first place?"
If Tavani cared about being concise (and thus better understood), the sentence would be:
"Has the invention of computers (and by extension, digital piracy) raised any unique ethical issues?"
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