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Course Objectives:
The course aims to give an introduction and compendium of ethical, legal, cultural and professional issues relating to the era of computers and information.
Course Content:
1. Unlimited spread of computers in our contemporary world.
2. The information age: the abundance of information flow, the Internet.
3. Areas of computers in the modern world: banks, electronic commerce, government departments, medicine, education, leisure and entertainment, business law, communications, means of travel and transport.
4. An overview of the legal aspects: the intellectual property of software, software contracts and legal liability, privacy and the Data Protection Act, computer misuse.
Skills expected from this course:
Upon finishing of this course the student is expected tounderstands the aspects of IT issues and the importance of commitment to work which include the following:
1. Ethical and social aspects.
2. Legal aspects.
3. Cultural aspects.
4. Professional aspects.
Textbook:
Terrell Ward Bynum and Simon Rogerson, "Computer Ethics and Professional Responsibility," 2004, ISBN 1855548445.
Reference:
Robert Ayres, "Essence of Professional Issues in Computing", Prentice Hall (November 19, 1998), ISBN-10: 0139087400
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