IT701: Ethical and Social Issues in Computing Syllabus for IT 7th Sem 2017 DBATU

Ethical and Social Issues in Computing detailed syllabus scheme for B.Tech Information Technology (IT), 2017 onwards has been taken from the DBATU official website and presented for the Bachelor of Technology students. For Subject Code, Course Title, Lecutres, Tutorials, Practice, Credits, and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

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Ethical and Social Issues in Computing Syllabus for Information Technology (IT) 4th Year 7th Sem 2017 DBATU

Course Objectives:

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Course Outcomes:

After learning the course the students should be able:

1. To be familiar with the legal requirements, ethical issues, and professional issues in the computing profession.
2. To be familiar with types of ethical issues arising in the computing profession.
3. To be familiar with the social impact of decisions and actions in the computing profession

Unit I

Introduction to Social and Ethical Computing, History of Computing, The beginning of irresponsible computing, Moral and Ethical theories,

Unit II

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Unit III

Intellectual Property Rights (Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, trade secrets, and Rights of Publicity)

Unit IV

Social Computing, Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities (virus, worms, piracy, hacking) Workplace Issues (whistle blowing, home office, privacy, electronic monitoring, outsourcing, downsizing)

Unit V

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Unit VI

Cyberspace Issues – The Internet, CDA, Free speech, electronic commerce, pornography, gambling, language and cultural imperialism and the politics of regulation

Text Books:

1. Joseph M. Kizza, Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age, Third Edition. Springer 2007.
2. Paul A. Alcorn, Practical Ethics for a Technological World, Prentice-Hall, 2001.
3. Chuck Huff and Thomas Finholt, Social Issues in Computing: Putting Computing in its Place, McGraw-Hill, 1994.

Reference Book:

1. Joseph M. Kizza, Civilizing the Internet: Concerns and Efforts towards Regulations, McFarland Publishers, 2006.
2. Joseph M. Kizza, Social and Ethical effects of the Computer Revolution, Second Edition, McFarland Publishers 1997.
3. Kevin Bowyer, Ethics and Computing: Living Responsibly in a Computerized World, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1996.
4. Jacques Berluer and Diane Whitehouse, An Ethical Global Information Society: Culture and Democracy Revisited, Chapman and Hill, 1998.
5. Jacques Berleur and Klaus Brunnstein, Ethics in Computing: Codes spaces for Discussion and the Law, Chapman and Hill, 1997.
6. Robert C. Solomon, Morality and the Good Life: An Introduction to Ethics through Classical Cases, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1992.

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