Cyberethics

by Halbert, Terry; Ingulli, Elaine

• ISBN13: 9780324116649
• ISBN10: 0324116640
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-08
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

This unique textbook provides a framework for discussing ethical dilemmas related to today's computer technology and the Internet. Each chapter begins with a case study, based on an actual legal or business scenario. Interdisciplinary readings, questions, and exercises, written and Internet, help students develop a more complete understanding of the material. This book is appropriate for Business Law, Information Systems, Management, and Ethics course areas.

Table of Contents

Intellectual Property and Cyberspace
Ethics Case: Napster	p. 1
Intellectual Property Law	p. 3
Copyright Law Highlights	p. 4
"Code" and Intellectual Property	p. 5
The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach, Lawrence Lessig	p. 6
Perspectives on Napster	p. 11
Industry	p. 11
Address Before Congress, Michael Eisner, CEO, The Walt Disney Company	p. 11
Musicians	p. 15
Courtney Love Does the Math	p. 15
Cybertarians	p. 17
The Economy of Ideas: Copyrights in the Digital Age, John Perry Barlow	p. 18
The Hacker Ethic	p. 23
The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics	p. 23
Ethical Analysis	p. 24
Utilitarianism	p. 24
Moral Rights and Duties	p. 30
Legal Discourse: Analyzing the Story Law Tells	p. 34
Computer Technology and Legal Discourse, Debora J. Halbert	p. 35
Chapter Problems	p. 38
Privacy
Ethics Case: Levi's Brave New World	p. 41
Workplace Surveillance	p. 43
E-Mail Interception	p. 43
Michael A. Smyth v. the Pillsbury Company	p. 44
Electronic Surveillance: The Debate	p. 46
Electronic Surveillance: The Law	p. 46
The Value of Privacy	p. 47
The Functions of Privacy, Alan F. Westin	p. 48
Life Online: Entering the Clickstream	p. 51
Privacy in the Digital Age: A Work in Progress, Jerry Berman and Deirdre Mulligan	p. 52
Government Regulation v. Industry Self-Policing	p. 57
The Transparent Society: Interview with David Brin	p. 59
Testimony on Communication Privacy, Marc Rotenberg	p. 65
CyberPolitics: Is There Any?	p. 68
The European Union Data Protection Directive	p. 70
Freedom to be Anonymous	p. 71
Cyberethics in Action: Project: What Cyberspace Knows About You	p. 71
A Right to Read Anonymously, Julie E. Cohen	p. 72
Big Brother in Cyberspace	p. 76
Wiretapping in the Digital Age, ACLU Report	p. 77
Medical Privacy	p. 81
The New Enemy of Privacy, Amitai Etzioni	p. 81
Chapter Problems	p. 84
Cyberspeech
Ethics Case: Biglibel	p. 87
Freedom of Expression	p. 90
Building in Restrictions on Speech: Filters	p. 92
Symposium: Should Cyberspace be a Free Speech Zone?	p. 92
Library Bill of Rights	p. 98
Free Speech Online	p. 100
Freedom of Speech in Cyberspace, Eugene Volokh	p. 100
Anonymity Online	p. 103
Cybersmearing and the Problem of Anonymous Online Speech, Bruce P. Smith	p. 103
Internet Anonymity, David L. Sobel	p. 107
Cyberhoax: Word for Word/Tweaking the W.T.O., Barnaby Feder	p. 108
Erasing Race, Margaret Chon	p. 112
Hate Speech/Cyberharassment and Stalking	p. 115
Sexual Harassment in Cyberspace: Unwelcome E-Mail, David. K. McGraw	p. 116
Romantic and Electronic Stalking in a College Context, Rebecca Lee	p. 119
Cybernorms	p. 123
Cyberethics in Action: Role-Play: Cyberharm Scenarios	p. 123
Netiquette, April Mara Major	p. 124
Chapter Problems	p. 129
E-Commerce
Ethics Case: Online Pills.com	p. 131
Direct-to-Consumer Sales Online: Medical Marketing	p. 133
Online Pharmaceuticals	p. 134
Statement of FDA Commissioner, Jane Henney MD	p. 134
Online Gambling	p. 139
Gambler's Web, Tom W. Bell	p. 140
Marketing in Kidspace	p. 144
The Selling of the Clickerati, Bob Thompson	p. 144
The Ad-Free Ad	p. 150
Dot-Cons: Fraud in Cyberspace	p. 151
FTC: On Line Scams	p. 151
E-Bay Fraud	p. 154
Click-Wrap Licenses and the Ucita Debate	p. 155
Why We Oppose UCITA, Americans for Fair Electronic Commerce	p. 156
Why We Must Fight UCITA, Richard Stallman	p. 158
Cyberethics in Action: Role-Play: Re-Drafting UCITA	p. 160
Tax E-commerce?	p. 161
Should Internet Sales Be Taxed? Aaron Lukas	p. 161
Internet Tax Policy: Myths and Facts, e-Fairness Coalition	p. 163
Chapter Problems	p. 164
E-learning and the Business of Education
Ethics Case: Notharvard.com	p. 167
Distance Learning	p. 168
Perseus Unbound, Sven Birkerts	p. 168
The Re-making of the American University, Arthur Levine	p. 171
What the Research Shows	p. 173
Breaching Canyon Walls: Bringing the World to Isolated Reservations	p. 174
The Digital Divide	p. 176
Just the Facts	p. 176
Diversity, Distance and the Delivery of Higher Education, Rachel F. Moran	p. 177
MIT Open Courseware	p. 181
Business and Education in Cyberspace: a Healthy Partnership?	p. 183
Partners, Not Rivals, Martha Minow	p. 184
Academic Honesty in Cyberspace	p. 187
But I Wasn't Cheating, Lise Buranen	p. 188
Collaborative Research, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss	p. 191
Plagiarism, Copyright and Authorship	p. 195
Stolen Content, Jane C. Ginsburg	p. 195
Student Free Speech	p. 199
Legal and Ethical Issues in K-12, Nancy Willard	p. 200
Cyberethics in Action: Role-Play: Guidelines for Internet Use	p. 202
Chapter Problems	p. 203
Business, Democracy and Cyberspace
Ethics Case: U.S. vs. Micro-Soft	p. 205
Competition and the Computer	p. 211
Open-Source Software	p. 211
The Hacker's Ethic, Pekka Himanen	p. 212
Using the Internet to Create Competitive Markets	p. 214
Shaping Competition on the Internet, Maureen A. O'Rourke	p. 214
Governing Cyberspace	p. 217
From Trademark to Domain Names	p. 218
Internet Domain Names: Chronology of Control	p. 219
Law and Borders: The Rule of Law in Cyberspace, David R. Johnson, David Post	p. 220
Governing the Internet, James Boyle	p. 224
Impeach the Internet! Vicktor Mayer-Schoenberger	p. 226
Democracy and the Internet	p. 229
Alienation	p. 230
The Transparent Society, Interview with David Brin	p. 230
Cyber-activism	p. 232
Internet Advocacy in the Global Trading Era, Peter L. Fitzgerald	p. 232
The Dot.Com(munist) Revolution: Will the Internet Bring Democracy to China?" S. David Cooper	p. 237
Cyberethics in Action: Cyberactivism	p. 240
Privacy and Democracy in Cyberspace, Paul M. Schwartz	p. 241
Chapter Problems	p. 243
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