1st Edition

The Evolving Landscape of Ethical Digital Technology

By Simon Rogerson Copyright 2022
340 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

340 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

340 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

In a world that is awash in ubiquitous technology, even the least tech-savvy know that we must take care how that technology affects individuals and society. That governments and organizations around the world now focus on these issues, that universities and research institutes in many different languages dedicate significant resources to study the issues, and that international professional... Read more

1 Introduction
Part One – Journey
2 Cyberspace: The Ethical Frontier [1995]
3 But IS IT ethical? [1995]
4 Information ethics: the second generation [1996]
5 A review of information ethics [2010]
6 Towards a Chronological Taxonomy of Tourism Technology: an Ethical Perspective [2018]
Part Two – Process
7 The ethics of software development project management [1996]
8 An ethical review of information systems development: the Australian Computer Society’s code of ethics and SSADM [2000]
9 A practical perspective of information ethics [2001]
10 Responsible Risk Assessment with Software Development: Creating the Software Development Impact Statement [2005]
11 Information Systems Ethics – Challenges and opportunities [2019]
Part Three – Product
12 The social impact of smart card technology [1998]
13 A moral approach to electronic patient records [2001]
14 Internet Voting – Well at least it’s ‘Modern’ [2003]
15 Digital Existence – the Modern Way to Be [2018]
16 Is professional practice at risk following the Volkswagen and Tesla revelations? [2017]
17 The Dangers of Dual-Use Technology: A Thought Experiment Exposé [2019]
18 Grey Digital Outcasts and COVID-19 [2020]
Part Four – Future
19 E.Society - Panacea or Apocalypse? [1998]
20 The Virtual World: a tension between global reach and local sensitivity [2004]
21 Future Vision [2015]
Part Five – Education
22 Preparing to handle dilemmas in the computing profession [1996]
23 Preparing IT professionals of the future [2014]
24 Using Technology to Incorporate Students’ Work-Based Experiences into a Blended Learning Environment [2008]
25 Poetical potentials: the value of poems in social impact education [2020]
26 Start a revolution in your head! The rebirth of ICT ethics education [2020]
Part Six – Conclusion
27 Landscape for the future

Biography

Simon Rogerson became Europe’s first Professor in Computer Ethics in 1998 and in 2010 became lifetime Professor Emeritus in Computer Ethics at De Montfort University, UK. He was the founding Director of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR), launching it in 1995 at the first ETHICOMP conference which he conceived and co-directed until 2013. He was the founder and is the current editor of the Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society. He sits on several international ICT-related advisory boards and has served on governing bodies in education and ICT.