Cyberethics with Infotrac

by Halbert, Terry

• ISBN13: 9780324261059
• ISBN10: 0324261055
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-28
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

An increasing dependence on e-commerce doesn't have to blur the line on ethical business practices. Spotlighting such recent cases as Napster, Microsoft® and notHarvard.com, this unique book focuses on the ethical dilemmas relating to computer technology and the Internet. It offers readers helpful insight into the complex ethical issues related to intellectual property, copyright, privacy, gambling, virus attacks, cyberstalking, e-learning and many other Internet-related topics. A special focus on global issues reflects the ethical issues unique to the modern global marketplace.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Intellectual Property & Cyberspace
ETHICS CASE: NAPSTER	2	(1)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW	3	(7)
U.S. Copyright Law Highlights	5
"Code" and Intellectual Property	4	(2)
The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach, Lawrence Lessig	6	(4)
PERSPECTIVES ON NAPSTER	10	(14)
Industry	10	(1)
Address Before Members of the U.S. Congress, Michael Eisner, Chairman & CEO, The Walt Disney Company	11	(4)
Musicians	15	(1)
Courtney Love Does the Math	16	(2)
Cybertarians	18	(1)
The Economy of Ideas: A Framework for Patents and Copyrights in the Digital Age, John Perry Barlow	18	(5)
The Hacker Ethic & The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics	23	(1)
ETHICAL ANALYSIS	24	(11)
Utilitarianism	24	(6)
Moral Rights and Duties	30	(5)
CYBERSPACE: NEW WORLD, NEW LAW?	35	(3)
Napster, Jefferson's Moose, and the Law of Cyberspace, David G. Post	35	(3)
CHAPTER PROBLEMS	38	(6)
Chapter 2: Privacy & Information Technology
ETHICS CASE: GENETIC TESTING IN 2007	44	(2)
SURVEILLANCE AT WORK	46	(8)
E-mail Interception	46	(1)
Michael A. Smyth v. The Pillsbury Company, United States District Court, 1996	46	(2)
Electronic Surveillance: The Debate	48	(1)
Electronic Surveillance: The Law	49	(1)
THE VALUE OF PRIVACY	50	(1)
The Functions of Privacy, Alan Westin	50	(4)
COUNTERTERRORISM: SECURITY VS. PRIVACY	54	(11)
Get Ready for PATRIOT II, Matt Welch	55	(2)
Terrorism Information Awareness, DARPA	57	(3)
A National Identity Card?	60	(1)
Spying for Fun and Profit, Kari Lydersen	61	(4)
PRIVACY & TRANSPARENCY	65	(7)
The Transparent Society, Interview with David Brin	66	(4)
Government Information Awareness, http://opengov.media.mit.edu	70	(2)
PRIVACY FOR ONLINE CONSUMERS	72	(6)
Privacy in the Digital Age: Work in Progress, Jerry Berman & Deidre Mulligan	72	(3)
Buyer Beware, Jonah Engle	75	(2)
What Cyberspace Knows About You	77	(1)
PRIVACY IN MEDICAL INFORMATION	78	(4)
The New Enemy of Privacy, Amitai Etzioni	78	(4)
CHAPTER PROBLEMS	82	(5)
Chapter 3: Cyberspeech
ETHICS CASE: BIG LIBEL	87	(8)
Freedom of Expression	90	(2)
From Hit Man to Encyclopedia of Jihad: How to Distinguish Freedom of Speech from Terrorist Training, Rodney A. Smolla	92	(3)
CYBERSMEARING	95	(9)
Corporate Cybersmear, Margo E.K.Reder & Christine Neylon O'Brien	96	(3)
Cyberhoax: Word for Word/Tweaking the W.T.O., Barnaby Feder	99	(5)
ANONYMITY ONLINE	104	(3)
Internet Anonymity, David L. Sobel	104	(1)
A Right to Read Anonymously: A Closer Look at "Copyright Management" in Cyberspace, Julie E. Cohen	105	(2)
BUILDING IN RESTRICTIONS: FILTERS, EDITORS AND NETIQUETTE	107	(11)
Symposium: Should Cyberspace be a Free Speech Zone? Filters, "Family Friendliness," and the First Amendment	108	(6)
The Library Bill of Rights	114	(1)
Freedom of Speech in Cyberspace, Eugene Volokh	115	(3)
CYBERSPEAKING ABOUT RACE & GENDER	118	(3)
Erasing Race? A Critical Race Feminist View of Internet Identity-shifting, Margaret Chon	118	(3)
HATE SPEECH, CYBER-HARASSMENT AND STALKING	121	(9)
Sexual Harassment in Cyberspace: Unwelcome E-mail, David K. McGraw	123	(2)
Romantic and Electronic Stalking in a College Context, Rebecca K. Lee	125	(5)
CYBERNORMS	130	(4)
Role Playing: Cyberharm Scenarios	130	(1)
Netiquette, April Mara Major	131	(3)
CHAPTER PROBLEMS	134	(3)
Chapter 4: E-Commerce
ETHICS CASE: ONLINE PILLS.COM	137	(2)
DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER SALES ONLINE	139	(6)
Online Pharmaceuticals	140	(1)
Statement of FDA Commissioner, Jane Henney, MD, U.S. Senate Committee of Health, Education, Labor and Pensions	141	(4)
TRUST IN CYBERSPACE	145	(8)
Securing Trust Online: Wisdom or Oxymoron, Helen Nissenbaum	145	(7)
Word of Mouse	152	(1)
From Word of Mouth to Word of Mouse, Business Wire	152	(1)
FIGHTING SPAM	153	(4)
Anti-Spam Legislation & the First Amendment	154	(1)
Anti-Spam Measures, Electronic Frontier Foundation	154	(3)
DOT-CONS & CYBERSWINDLES: FRAUD IN CYBERSPACE	157	(1)
FTC: Online Scams	157	(2)
ONLINE TOBACCO SALES	159	(6)
Tobacco Commerce on the Internet, Joanna E. Cohen, Vivian Sarabia, & Mary Jane Ashley	160	(4)
The Ad-Free Ad	164	(1)
CLICK WRAP LICENSES AND THE UCITA DEBATE	165	(11)
Why We Oppose UCITA, Americans for Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions	167	(2)
Why We Must Fight UCITA, Richard Stallman	169	(1)
Special Project: Re-Drafting UCITA	170	(1)
E-Mediation	171	(1)
Mediation in Cyberspace, Richard Birke & Louise Ellen Teitz	172	(4)
CHAPTER PROBLEMS	176	(3)
Chapter 5: E-Learning and The Business of Education
ETHICS CASE: SHARING OR CHEATING?	179	(2)
ACADEMIC HONESTY IN CYBERSPACE	181	(16)
But I Wasn't Cheating: Plagiarism and Cross-cultural Mythology, Lise Buranen	182	(3)
Plagiarism, Norms and the Limits of Theft Law, Stuart P. Green	185	(5)
Collaborative Research, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss	190	(3)
Plagiarism, Copyright and Authorship	193	(1)
Stolen Content: Avoiding Trouble on the Internet, Jane C. Ginsburg	194	(3)
DISTANCE LEARNING	197	(9)
Perseus Unbound, Sven Birkerts	198	(3)
The Remaking of the American University, Arthur Levine	201	(2)
What the Research Shows	203	(1)
Breaching the Canyon Walls: Bringing the World to Isolated Reservations	204	(2)
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE	206	(7)
Just the Facts, National Commission on Web-Based Education	206	(2)
Diversity, Distance & the Delivery of Higher Education, Rachel Moran	208	(4)
Bridging the Divide: MIT Open Courseware Project	212	(1)
BUSINESS & EDUCATION IN CYBERSPACE: A HEALTHY PARTNERSHIP?	213	(5)
Partners Not Rivals, Martha Minow	215	(3)
ANOTHER GLANCE AT THE INTERNET: STUDENT USE OR ABUSE?	218	(4)
Role Playing: Guidelines for Internet Use	221	(1)
CHAPTER PROBLEMS	222	(3)
Chapter 6: Democracy, the Market and Cyberspace
ETHICS CASE: WHO'S IN CHARGE? HACKING AND CRACKING	225	(2)
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE	227	(8)
The Hacker's Ethic, Pekka Himanen	228	(2)
Microsoft: The Power of the Market	230	(2)
New Platforms for Communication: WiFi	232	(3)
GOVERNING IN CYBERSPACE	235	(11)
From Trademark to Domain Name	235	(1)
Internet Domain Names: Chronology of Control	236	(2)
Law and Borders-the Rise of Law in Cyberspace, David R. Johnson & David Post	238	(3)
Governing the Internet, James Boyle	241	(3)
Impeach the Internet! Viktor Mayer-Schonbergcr	244	(2)
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE	246	(10)
The Dependence of Cyberspace, Amy Lynne lionise	246	(4)
The Future of the Net, Reed Hundt	250	(2)
Western Frontier or Feudal Society? Alfred C. Yen	252	(4)
DEMOCRACY AND THE INTERNET	256	(17)
Alienation	257	(2)
Massachusetts, Burma and the WTO: A Commentary on Blacklisting, Federalism, and Internet Advocacy in the Global Trading Era, Peter L. Fitzgerald	259	(5)
Smart Mobs	264	(1)
The Dot.Com(munist) Revolution: Will the Internet Bring Democracy to China, S. David Cooper	264	(4)
Cyber-Activism Assignment	268	(1)
Internet Campaign, Peter Overby Reporting	268	(2)
Privacy and Democracy in Cyberspace, Paul M. Schwartz	270	(3)
CHAPTER PROBLEMS	273	(4)
INDEX	277