AUTHOR William Bülow and Misse Wester ABSTRACT The ethical issues in relation to new developments in information technology are framed in terms of privacy (Van Den Hoven 2008; Rössler 2005; Nissenbaum 1998). Privacy is held to be an important value in western liberal democracies and other values, such as democratic rights, liberty, dignity and autonomy […]
AUTHOR Casey Burkhardt ABSTRACT The idea of the technological singularity – the moment at which intelligence embedded in silicon surpasses human intelligence – is a matter of great interest and fascination. To the mind of a layperson, it is at once a source of wonder and apprehension. To those adept in the areas of technology […]
AUTHOR Elizabeth A. Buchanan, Ph.D. and Scott Dexter, Ph.D. ABSTRACT This paper investigates an emergent divide in research ethics discourses surrounding the concept of “human” subjects in emergent forms of computer science and Internet–based research. Using a cross-disciplinary approach, the authors seek to present novel ways of thinking through and solving applied ethics challenges facing […]
AUTHOR Engin Bozdag and Jeroen van den Hoven ABSTRACT Almost 50 years ago individual users at terminals communicated over telephone lines with a central hub where all the computing was done. The shift back to this model is currently under way. Data and programs are being swept up from desktop PCs and corporate server rooms […]
AUTHOR Clive Victor Boughton and Malgorzata Alicja Plotka ABSTRACT “Might Implement Data report BREAK contracts or agreements with the lecturer?” “Yes, providing bad student survey results could lead to the potential loss of a contract, by a lecturer who had received bad marks” answered one of the students during the SoDIS (Software Development Impact Statement) […]
AUTHOR Professor Aaron Ben-Ze’ev ABSTRACT The cyberspace era could be considered as the best and worst of times for lovers. This is indeed both a happy and a difficult time for lovers—happy in that available, willing potential lovers are all around; difficult in that maintaining a loving committed relationship is harder than before as alternative […]