Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. An overview of ethics -- Cisco Chairman and CEO advocates ethical behavior -- Importance of integrity -- Difference between morals, ethics, and laws -- Ethics in the business world -- Corporate social responsibility -- Creating an ethical work environment -- Ethical considerations in decision making -- Ethics in information technology -- 2. Ethics for IT workers and IT users -- IT professionals -- Professional code of ethics -- Professional organizations -- Government licensing -- IT professional malpractice -- IT users -- Compliance -- 3. Computer and internet crime -- The Reveton Ransomware attacks -- IT security incidents -- Federal laws for prosecuting computer attacks -- Implementing trustworthy computing -- 4. Privacy -- National Security Agency (NSA) -- Privacy protection and the law -- Information privacy -- Privacy laws, applications, and court rulings -- Key privacy and anonymity issues -- Data breaches -- Electronic discovery -- Consumer profiling -- Workplace monitoring -- Advanced surveillance technology -- 5. Freedom of expression -- Reputation Changer : online reputation management company -- First Amendment rights -- Obscene speech -- Defamation -- Freedom of expression -- Controlling access to information on the Internet -- Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) -- Anonymity on the Internet -- Hate speech -- Pornography -- 6. Intellectual property -- Copyrights -- Fair use doctrine -- Software copyright protection -- The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act of 2008 -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) -- The WTO and the WTO TRIPS Agreement (1994) -- The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIOP) Copyright Treaty (1996) -- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998) -- Patents -- Leahy-smith America Invents Act (2011) -- Software patents -- Cross-licensing agreements -- Trade secrets -- Trade secret laws -- Employees and trade secrets -- Key intellectual property issues -- Plagiarism -- Reverse engineering -- Open Source Code -- Competitive intelligence -- Trademark infringement -- Cybersquatting.

7. Software development -- Stock markets susceptible to software glitches -- Strategies for engineering quality software -- Software product liability -- Capability maturity model integration -- Key issues in software development -- Development of safety-critical systems -- Quality management standards -- 8. The impact of information technology on productivity and quality of life -- E-rate Program -- Impact of It on the standard of living and worker productivity -- Impact of IT on health care costs -- Electronic health records -- Telehealth -- Medial information web sites for laypeople -- 9. Social networking -- Wanelo -- Social networking web site -- Business applications of online social networking -- Social network advertising -- Social networks in the hiring process -- Social media to improve customer service -- Social shopping web sites -- Social networking ethical issues -- Cyberbullying -- Cyberstalking -- Encounters with sexual predators -- Uploading of inappropriate material -- Online virtual worlds -- Crime in virtual worlds -- Educational and business uses of virtual worlds -- 10. Ethics of IT organizations -- Key ethical issues for organizations -- Need for nontraditional workers -- Contingent workers -- H-1B workers -- Using H-1B workers instead of U.S. workers -- Potential exploitation -- Outsourcing -- Offshore outsourcing -- Whistle-blowing -- Whistle-blowing protection for private-sector workers -- Green computing -- ICT Industry Code of Conduct -- Appendix A.A brief introduction to morality -- Egoism vs. altruism -- Deontology, or the ethics of logical consistency and duty -- Utilitarianism -- Promises and contracts -- Greeks : the good life of virtue -- Feminism and the ethics of care -- Pluralism -- Appendix B. Answers to self-assessment questions.

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