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Summary
Legal and ethical issues have become a standard part of engineering and business schools' curricula. This has not been the case for computer science or management information systems programs, although there has been increasing emphasis on the social skills of these students. This leaves a frightening void in their professional development. Information systems pose unique social challenges, especially for technical professionals who have been taught to think in terms of logic, structures and flows. This focuses on the human impact of information systems, including ethical challenges, social implications, legal issues, and unintended costs and consequences.
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These 16 essays, all previously unpublished and written specially for this volume, vary widely in topic, style, and approach. There are no overarching themes or debates. Though several early essays are basic introductions to broad topic areas (e.g., global perspectives on the information society; digital divides; unintended consequences of information technology), later essays typically provide more detailed summaries on somewhat more specific areas of concern (e.g., workplace privacy rights; ethical implications of actions in virtual reality; retrieval of information from obsolescent media; copyright and digital media). A few essays stand out as providing nuanced and systematic development of ideas (e.g., Robert Sprague's "Liability for System and Data Quality"; Jack Cook and Laura Cook's "Compliance with Data Management Laws"; Marianne Jennings's "A Contrarian's View: New Wine in Old Bottles, New Economy and Old Ethics--Can it Work"). Although few will find all the essays pertinent (or accessible), most readers in the intended audiences will find at least some useful and interesting. For students and professionals in information systems or public administration. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates; graduate students; professionals. D. Bantz University of Alaska
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vi |
| Section I Social Implications | |
| Chapter I Global Perspectives on the Information Society | p. 1 |
| Chapter II Digital Divides: Their Social and Ethical Implications | p. 29 |
| Chapter III The Perils of Access and Immediacy: Unintended Consequences of Information Technology | p. 48 |
| Chapter IV What, Me, Worry? The Empowerment of Employees | p. 59 |
| Chapter V Managing Workplace Privacy Responsibly | p. 74 |
| Chapter VI Virtual Harms and Real Responsibility | p. 98 |
| Section II Ethical Implications | |
| Chapter VII Ethical Challenges for Information Systems Professionals | p. 118 |
| Chapter VIII Living Within Glass Houses: Coping with Organizational Transparency | p. 130 |
| Chapter IX Ethical Challenges of Information Systems: The Carnage of Outsourcing and Other Technology-Enabled Organizational Imperatives | p. 141 |
| Chapter X A Contrarian's View: New Wine in Old Bottles, New Economy and Old Ethics--Can it Work? | p. 159 |
| Section III Policy Implications | |
| Chapter XI Liability for System and Data Quality | p. 183 |
| Chapter XII Software Engineering as a Profession: A Moral Case for Licensure | p. 204 |
| Chapter XIII Copyright Law in the Digital Age | p. 223 |
| Chapter XIV "Digital Orphans": Technology's Wayward Children | p. 234 |
| Chapter XV Compliance with Data Management Laws | p. 251 |
| Section IV Further Implications | |
| Chapter XVI The Central Problem in Cyber Ethics and How Stories Can Be Used to Address It | p. 274 |
| About the Authors | p. 294 |
| Index | p. 300 |
