Transcript Computer Ethics - Fairfield Faculty

Computer Ethics
Tom Forester and Perry Morrison
Presented by
Domenic and Stephanie
The next Revolution
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Revolution denotes a process of change-political,
social, economic, and intellectual.
Do you think that there are any potential
problems that will occur in the future because of
the overabundance and over reliance on
computers?
 What might the problems be?
 Have we learned any valuable lessons from this
revolution?

The Good…
Improves on Personal Relationships
 Learning Tool
 Improves business productivity
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What do you think? Any others?
The Bad…
Forester’s and Morrison’s Top 7:
 Computer Crime/Computer Security
 Software Theft/Property Rights
 Hacking/Creation of viruses
 Computer unreliability/Software Quality
 Data Storage/Invasion of Privacy
 Social Implications of AI
 Workplace Computerization
Is computer technology worth these
social implications and ethical
dilemmas?
Does the good outweigh the bad?
What are the causes of the top 7?
Who is responsible for these social
implications?
In Our Opinion…
Society’s Fault
Computer Crime/Computer
Security
Computer Professionals’ Fault
Computer
unreliability/Software Quality
Software Theft/Property Rights Social Implications of AI
Workplace
Hacking/Creation of viruses
Data Storage/Invasion of
Privacy
Workers Computerization
How do we prevent/eliminate the
“bad”?
Forester and Morrison’s answers:
 Encourage tomorrow’s professionals to behave in
a more ethical manner for the IT industry.
 Help make students aware of the social
problems caused by computers
 Sensitize students to the moral dilemmas they
will face using computers.
The End