LOCATION:
University of Pavia, Mantua, Italy
DATES:
Wednesday 24 September to Friday 26 September 2008
HOSTED BY:
University of Pavia, Mantua, Italy
IN ASSOCIATION WITH:
Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, UK
Research Center on Computing and Society, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
Software Engineering Ethics Research Institute, East Tennessee State University, USA
CONFERENCE DIRECTORS:
Professor Terrell Ward Bynum, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
Mariacarla Calzarossa, University of Pavia, Italy
Ivo De Lotto, University of Pavia, Italy
Professor Simon Rogerson, De Montfort University, UK
SPONSORS:
University of Pavia, Mantua
Municipality of Mantua
Foundation University of Mantua
AICA – Italian Computer Society
The Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS)
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
PAPER ABSTRACT LISTING:
Keynote Addresses
- “Living Beyond Technology” by Terrell Ward Bynum and Simon Rogerson
- “Business Ethics in the Web Based Organisations” by Bruno Lamborghini
- “Social Media and Regulation” by Giampaolo Azzoni
Accepted Abstracts
- “Freelance Web Developers as Agents of Responsibility in Web Application Development” by Malik Aleem Ahmed, Jeroen van den Hoven
- “Critical Moment’s in Managers/Leaders Ethical and Responsible Decision-Making in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Enterprises” by Mirja Liisa Airos
- “Heteronomy and Ontology Co-Evolution in Information Systems” by Francesca Arcelli Fontana, Ferrante Formato, Remo Pareschi
- “Information, Ethos and Sociability: Reflections about the Virtual Community ORKUT on Brazil” by Eliany Alvarenga Araujo, Marcos Antonio Alexandre Bezerra
- “Social Media and Regulation” by Giampaolo Azzoni
- “The Plagiarism History: Ethics and Internet” by Porfirio Barroso, Lucia Tello, Adelaide Marin
- “Users Involvement Helps Respecting Social and Ethical Values and Improving Software Quality” by Barbara Begier
- “Robot Ethics: Why “Friendly AI” Won’t Work” by Thomas Blake, Bernd Carsten Stahl, N.B. Fairweather
- “Public Awareness of Copyright Issues: A Perspective for the Future” by Maria Canellopoulou-Bottis
- “Using ICT to Improve Democratic Processes” by Mike Bowern
- “The Nature of the Universe, Human Nature and Contemporary Information Ethics” Terrell Ward Bynum
- “Security and Privacy in Web-Oriented Watermarking Protocols” by Marina Campidoglio, Franco Frattolillo, Federica Landolfi
- “Wired Senior Citizens and Online Information Privacy” by Sangmi Chai, H. R. Rao, S. Bagchi-Sen, S. Upadhyaya
- “A Conflict of Rights: The Case of Trips” by Göran Collste
- “Free Ride in Knowledge Management? Ethical and Moral Dilemmas!” by Gonçalo Jorge Morais da Costa, Mary Prior, Simon Rogerson
- “Control or Not? – A Comparative Analysis of Kids Control in the Internet” by Gonçalo Jorge Morais da Costa
- “Individual Ethics and Knowledge Management: Arising Conflicts” by Gonçalo Jorge Morais da Costa, Mary Prior, Simon Rogerson
- “My Kid’s are Angels? – Internet and Kids, A Portuguese Case Study” by Gonçalo Jorge Morais da Costa and Nuno Miguel Araújo da Silva
- “Socio-Cognitive Destruction: Reality or Fiction? – And the Imperative of Ethics” by Gonçalo Jorge Morais da Costa, Nuno Miguel Araújo da Silva
- “Knowledge Versus Content in E-Learning: A Philosophical Discussion!” by Gonçalo Jorge Morais da Costa, Nuno Sotero Alves da Silva, Bernd Stahl, Mary Prior, Simon Rogerson
- “The Human Centred Approach to Bionanotechnology – Ethical Considerations” Gonçalo Jorge Morais da Costa, Nuno Miguel Araújo da Silva, Nuno Sotero Alves da Silva
- “Feasibility of Web-Based Training for CAD (Computer Aided Design)” by Richard Cozzens
- “Workplace Gossip and Rumor: The Information Ethics Perspective” by Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Margaryta Anokhina
- “The Ethical Implications of Diversity in ICT” by Alfreda Dudley
- “What Model of Trust for Networked Cooperation? Online Social Trust in the Production of Common Goods (Knowledge Sharing)” by Massimo Durante
- “Technology Education-Empty Classrooms and Dying Programs” by Matthew Edwards
- “Public versus Private Domain : Knowledge and Information in the Global Communications Network” by László Fekete
- “Getting to the Other Side – Beyond the Digital Divide” by William M. Fleischman
- “Nine Editions of ETHICOMP: A Content Analysis” by Angel Luis Garcia, Porfirio Barroso
- “Barriers to Exit in Communities on the Web: Description, Business Causes and Effects on Users” by Roberto Garigliano, Luisa Mich
- “Virtual Learning Environments – Revealing Preconditions for Trustful Collaboration and Reflection” by Anne Gerdes
- “A Database for Fighting Crimes that haven’t been Committed Yet” by Lee Gillam, Anna Vartapetiance Salmasi
- “Ethics on a Chip? Some General Remarks on DRM, Internet Filtering and Trusted Computing” by Andrea Glorioso
- “Informal Certification based on Authentic Trust” by Federico Gobbo, Rosario Sica
- “The activities of the European Union aimed at the Protection of Cultural Identity and Heritage in Information Society” by Roma Gorzelanczyk
- “The Ethics of Video Games: Mayhem, Death, and the Training of the Next Generation” by Donald Gotterbarn
- “Ambient Intelligence Technology – Critical Perspective, Ethical and Societal Issues” by Philippe Goujon
- “Healthcare Beyond the Surgery Boundaries: A Diabetes Case Study” by Peggy Gregory, Donal Flynn
- “Ethical Implications of Internet Monitoring: A Comparative Study” by Frances S. Grodzinsky, Stephen Lilley, Andra Gumbus
- “Online File Sharing: Resolving the tensions between Privacy and Property Interests” by Frances S. Grodzinsky, Herman T. Tavani
- “Limits and Limitations of the Human Being in the Digital Era” by Viorel Guliciuc, Emilia Guliciuc
- “Ethics and Diversity: How Significant is Ethics in the Argument for Diversity? Age and ICT: Some Preliminary Observations” by Mike Healy
- “Rethinking Plagiarism in a Virtual World” by Lawrence M. Hinman
- “Googling the Future: The Singularity of Ray Kurzweil” by David Sanford Horner
- “The Person as Risk, The Person at Risk” by Jeroen van den Hoven, Noëmi Manders-Huits
- “Privacy Enhancing Technologies: An Empirical Study into their Adoption and usage in UK Organisations” by Richard Howley, Gilesh Pattni
- “In Praise of Moral Persuasion” by Chuck Huff
- “Ethical Assessment of Future-Oriented Design Scenarios” by Veikko Ikonen, Eija Kaasinen
- “History Repeats Itself: The case of Computer Fraud within French Bank Société Générale” by Shalini Kesar
- “Security and Privacy in the Teaching of Islam and Globalization” by Ghulam Ali Khan
- “Censorship: Case Finland” by Kai Kimppa
- “Gold Farming” by Kai Kimppa, Andy Bissett
- “Right to ones voice?” by Kai K. Kimppa, Tuomo I. Saarni
- “Knowledge and Democracy in the ICT-based Global Society: Will Blogs De-Throne Science?” by Krystyna Górniak-Kocikowska
- “On the Proper Definition of Information” by Andras Kornai
- “Information and Communication Technologies for Consolidating Democracy: A Case Study from India” by Sunil Kumar, Manju Dhariwal, Arun K Pujari, Raghubir Sharan
- “Can Micro World Simulations Assess and Stimulate Ethical Competence?” by Mikael Laaksoharju, Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos
- “Moving open source beyond software while maintaining the public spirit?” by Paul B. de Laat
- “Is Computer Ethics Computable?” by Gaetano Aurelio Lanzarone, Federico Gobbo
- “Multi-layered Monitoring in Virtual Learning Environments: Filling the Policy Vacuum” by Mike Leigh, Mary Prior
- “Ethics and the ICT Industry – A Research Agenda” by Richard Lucas, John Weckert
- “Users Perceptions of Barriers in using ICT for CRM in the Banking Sector in Oman” by Salim Hilal Al-Mamari, Miguel Baptista Nunes
- “When Speed Truly Matters, Openness is the Answer” by Antonio Marturano
- “Examining the Influence of Demographic Factors on Ethical Awareness: Computer Use and Security” by Maslin Masrom, Zuraini Ismail
- “Characterization of Social Network Profiles” by Luisa Massari
- “Working in Indian Call Centers – Preliminary Findings” by Ananda Mitra
- “Three Challenges for Japanese ICT Professionalism” by Kiyoshi Murata, Yohko Orito
- “Lab-on-a-Chip: An Ethical Assessment of Self-Testing Devices of HIV” by Ndukwe Cajetan Okechukwu
- “Software as a Service. Challenges in Higher Education: Google Apps Case” by Mario Arias-Oliva, Alvaro Fuente, Teresa Torres-Coronas, Mar Souto-Romero
- “Preventing the ICT process from leading to Ethical decay in living and working. The Legacy of a Myth” by Hendrik Opdebeeck
- “Are Web 2.0 Technologies Instigating the adoption of a Second Life – And is it a life worth living?” by Denise Oram
- “Online Privacy and Culture: Evidence from Japan” by Yohko Orito, Kiyoshi Murata, Yasunori Fukuta, Steve McRobb, Andrew A. Adams
- “Something Beyond Technology: Some remarks on Ignorance and its role in Evolution” by Ugo Pagallo
- “Information Security – Security for whom and why?” by Elin Palm
- “A Conceptual Framework for Computer Ethics” by Norberto Patrignani
- “Cultural Influence of the Internet. The World Wide Web as an Institution of Symbolic Violence as Conceptualize by Pierre Bourdieu” by Piotr Pawlak
- “Measuring up to E-Government, A view from the Shelves” by M.J.Phythian, N.B.Fairweather, R.G Howley
- “Exploring Motivations for Surprising views about Ethical Issues in Information Systems” by Mary Prior, Simon Rogerson, N. Ben Fairweather
- “E-Goisms: What would the Web be without the others?” by
Marco Roccetti, Stefano Ferretti, Marco Furini, Claudio E. Palazzi, Paola Salomoni - “Social or anti-social networking sites? The potential risks of social networking sites to adolescents and their impact on individuals, schools and the educational process” by Anne Rogerson
- “Engendering Action to Fill the Gap of Ethnic Minority Employability: A Study on Working for Families Project for Women in Scotland” by Nidhi Sharma, Shalini Kesar and Diane Milne
- “E-learning in Lusíada Universities – An Ethical and Cultural Inquiry” by Nuno Sotero Alves da Silva, Simon Rogerson, Bernd Stahl
- “The Right to Know V The Right to Privacy” by Paul Simpkins, Ibrahim Hasan
- “Don’t blame it on the principles! Uncertainty and uniqueness in ethical technology assessment” by Paul Sollie
- “Opening Ethical Vistas to IT Professionals” by Ian Stoodley, Christine Bruce
- “IT Professional: Working Beyond Technology” by J. Barrie Thompson
- “Toward a Global Information Ethics: Some Confucian and Aristotelian Considerations” by Jin Tong
- “Network Neutrality: Ethical Issues in the Internet Era” by Matteo Turilli, Antonino Vaccaro, Luciano Floridi
- “Freedom, Intellectual Property, and the flow of Information” by Richard Volkman
- “The Ethics of the Hacker Taggers: The New Generation of Hackers” by Matthew Warren
- “The Shaping of Human Cognition by Information Technology” by John Weckert, Craig McDonald
- “The Impact of Search Engines on Contemporary Organizations – The Social and Ethical Implications” by Janusz Wielki
- “Free, Source-Code-Available, or Proprietary: An Ethically Charged, Context-Sensitive Choice” by Marty J. Wolf, Keith W. Miller, Frances S. Grodzinsky