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DSCI 10410 - INFORMATION ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY |
Investigates ethical and societal responsibility issues related to information technology including tensions between legal and ethical values; access and control of intellectual property; the US Patriot Act as it relates to private and public records; ethical vendor management; the digital divide, outsourcing, and green computing; and network security and protections (e.g., viruses, protecting minors, cyberbullying). In addition, bias in information retrieval and indexing, information seeking behaviors and professional codes of ethics are explored. Prerequisite: none.
3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Digital Sciences Department |
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