Information Ethics

Scope

This E-Pathfinder offers information on the ethics of information through technology. Several of the subjects covered are computer ethics, ethical conduct, privacy, and copyright laws, evaluating sources on the Internet. Teens and their teachers can find helpful information on Internet safety, privacy and evaluation of materials on the Internet.

Target Audience

Middle and high school students and teachers. The purpose of this E-Pathfinder is to offer assistance with using the Internet and computer resources ethically and responsibly.

Subject Headings
Information,
Privacy,
Ethics,
Technology,
Cyberspace,
Internet,
Information ethics,
Ethical questions,

Selected Books

"Teaching Students the Ethical Use of Information and Communication Technologies: A New Role for School Librarians," in Daniel Callison, ed., Papers of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat #10 at the Elms, June 2002, San Jose, Calif.: Hi Willow Research, 117-133.

"Teaching Students the Ethical Use of Information and Communication Technologies: A New Role for School Librarians," in Mary Ann Fitzgerald, Michael Orey, and Robert Branch, eds., Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, Volume 29. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004, 178-189.Weckert, John.

Computer and information ethics / John Weckert and Douglas Adeney. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997Computers and ethics in the cyberage / [edited by] D. Micah Hester, Paul J. Ford. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2001.Kizza, Joseph Migga.

Ethical and Social issues in the information age / Joseph Migga Kizza. New York : Springer, c2003.Information ethics : privacy and intellectual property / Lee Freeman, A. Graham Peace, editors. Imprint Hershey, PA : Idea Group Publishing, c2005.

Ethics and electronic information: a Festschrift for Stephen Almagno / edited by Barabara Rockenbach and Tom Mendina. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2003.

Selected Electronic Books

Information ethics [electronic resource] : privacy and intellectual property / Lee Freeman, A. Graham Peace, editors. Hershey, PA : Idea Group Publishing, c2005.

Dillner, M. (2000, January). Internet safety and ethics for the classroom. Reading Online. http://www.readingonline.org/editorial/edit_index.asp?HREF=/editorial/ethics.html

Selected Internet Resources

CyberCitizen Includes sections for parents, teens, kids and schools. family.com family2.go.com ... To provide information on Information Systems Ethics (Cyber ethics) Education including content, delivery, pedagogy. www.cybercitizenship.org/teaching/teachinglinks.html

Code of Ethics of the American Library AssociationALA's website for ethics. The principles of the Code are expressed in broad statements on this site to guide ethical decision making.

Computer Ethics: Basic Concepts and Historical Overview In Bynum and Rogerson (1996) Global Information Ethics, Opragen Publications, 177-90. Gotterbarn, Donald (1991) "Computer Ethics: Responsibility Regained,"http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-computer/

Information Ethics: Information Ethics: An Environmental Approach to the Digital Divide L UCIANO F LORIDI Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Computer Science.www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/~floridi/pdf/ieeadd.pdf

Study of Ethics http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/The site of the Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions which includes over 850 codes of ethics available online. Included are codes of ethics of professional societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions. In addition, a literature review, an introduction to the codes, and a user guide are included.

http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/curr_over/ The CyberSmart! Curriculum is non-sequential and is easily integrated, in part or in full. Organized in five units, each teaching an important facet of Internet use, it consists of 65 original standards-based lesson plans with Activity Sheets. The number of lessons per grade increases as students' reading and critical thinking skills develop.

Resource list by Doug Johnson Resources for teaching information technology ethics to children and young adults by Doug Johnson http://www.doug-johnson.com/ethics/index.html

Information Ethics Information Ethics... Information Ethics at SIS... Ethics: A definition The art and science that seeks to bring sensitivity and method to the discernment of moral values. www.sis.pitt.edu/~ethics

Cyberethics for Kids is a site by the U.S. Department of Justice's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. It provides adults, children and teens information on how to use the Internet safely and responsibly. Reading Online - From the Editors: Teaching Students to Evaluate ...

Teaching Students to Evaluate Internet Information Critically Bridget Dalton Dana ... and to find information they need for school projects. Many, teens in particular ... safety and ethics for the classroom ... www.readingonline.org/editorial/december2001/index.html

Be Web Aware - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Many kids are using the Internet at school by six years of ... and how to behave ethically and responsibly while online. Your ... for young teens. If your kids are using blogging or social networking this site will assist you in explaining what is safe and how to get help. www.bewebaware.ca/english/faq.aspx

The Information Ethicist, http://infoethicist.blogspot.com/. By Dr. Martha Smith, this blog freely exchanges thoughts, events, and current issues pertaining to Information Ethics.

I know I still have more to do I thought that I would find information and then write why it is important. Some of the sites I have to fix so they are usable to all users. All the sites suppose to be in alphabetical order?

E-Pathfinder: Technology and Information Ethics

Scope

This E-Pathfinder offers information on the ethics of information through technology. Just because we have the technology should we use Cyberspace as a formal way of communicating? The use of e-mails raise questions about how we treat each other and how we treat common resources. Several of the subjects covered are computer ethics, ethical conduct, privacy, copyright laws, evaluating sources on the Internet.

Target Audience

Middle school students and teachers. The purpose of this
E-Pathfinder is to offer assistance with using the Internet and computer resources ethically and responsibly.

SubjectHeadings

• Information,
• Privacy,
• Ethics,
• Technology,
• Cyberspace,
• Internet,
• Information ethics,
• Ethical questions,
  

Selected Books

"Teaching Students the Ethical Use of Information and Communication Technologies: A New Role for School Librarians," in Daniel Callison, ed., Papers of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat #10 at the Elms, June 2002, San Jose, Calif.: Hi Willow Research, 117-133.

"Teaching Students the Ethical Use of Information and Communication Technologies: A New Role for School Librarians," in Mary Ann Fitzgerald, Michael Orey, and Robert Branch, eds., Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, Volume 29. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004, 178-189.

Weckert, John. Computer and information ethics / John Weckert and Douglas Adeney. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997

Computers and ethics in the cyberage / [edited by] D. Micah Hester, Paul J. Ford. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2001.

Kizza, Joseph Migga. Ethical and Social issues in the information age / Joseph Migga Kizza. New York : Springer, c2003.

Information ethics : privacy and intellectual property / Lee Freeman, A. Graham Peace, editors. Imprint Hershey, PA : Idea Group Publishing, c2005.

Ethics and electronic informationn: a Festschrift for Stephen Almagno / edited by Barabara Rockenbach and Tom Mendina. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2003.

Selected Electronic Books

Information ethics [electronic resource] : privacy and intellectual property / Lee Freeman, A. Graham Peace, editors. Hershey, PA : Idea Group Publishing, c2005.

Selected Internet Resources
These are some of the information sites that I am exploring. I will not be using may of them they are from the same source but they give me a starting point to find information.
CyberCitizen
Includes sections for parents, teens, kids and schools. family.com family2.go.com ... To provide information on Information Systems Ethics (Cyber ethics) Education including content, delivery, pedagogy.
www.cybercitizenship.org/teaching/teachinglinks.html

Code of Ethics of the American Library AssociationALA's website for ethics. The principles of the Code are expressed in broad statements on this site to guide ethical decision making.

Computer Ethics: Basic Concepts and Historical Overview
In Bynum and Rogerson (1996) Global Information Ethics, Opragen Publications, 177-90. Gotterbarn, Donald (1991) "Computer Ethics: Responsibility Regained,"

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-computer/
Information Ethics:
Information Ethics: An Environmental Approach to the Digital Divide L UCIANO F LORIDI Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Computer Science.
www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/~floridi/pdf/ieeadd.pdf

Study of Ethics http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/The site of the Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions which includes over 850 codes of ethics available online. Included are codes of ethics of professional societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions. In addition, a literature review, an introduction to the codes, and a user guide are included.

Access, Internet, and Public LibrariesA report prepared for the Santa Clara County Libraries on challenges posed by the availability to minors of sexually explicit material on the Internet. The report addresses issues such as filtering and free speech.Thomas Shanks and Barry Stenger

Bewitching Miss JuliaReview of "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet" by Sherry Turkle Tim Healy

The Cyber City NetworkAn online network for city services raises questions about access and whether the provision of services electronically will increase disparities between rich and poor.Thomas Shanks

CybersmutFrom blocking software to legislation, strategies address children's access to objectionable material on the Internet. Joseph Westfall

E-mania: Ethical Approaches to E-mail OverloadE-mail behavior raises questions about how we treat each other and how we treat common resources.Miriam Schulman

Ethics@E-mailAttribution, access, and other ethical issues raised by the use of e-mail.Paul Soukup

Ethics and Technology in the Wake of September 11thCo-chair of the President's Council of Advisors in Science and Technology discusses issues raised by the terrorist attacks.E. Floyd Kvamme

FAQs: Illegal Software UseEthics and software piracy.Terry Shoup

Gated Communities In CyberspaceThe creation of defensible space holds the key to commerce on the Internet. Ellen F. Harshman, Jam

Information Ethics
Information Ethics... Information Ethics at SIS... Ethics: A definition The art and science that seeks to bring sensitivity and method to the discernment of moral values. www.sis.pitt.edu/~ethics

these are the ones that I am not using but am reading to draw more infomation from.
Internet BlockingAn analysis of technological solutions to the problem of cybersmut.Joseph Westfall

Libraries on the Information SuperhighwayThe ethical issues behind access to sexually explicit materials on the Internet. MCAE

Playing With Ethics: A Panel on Video GamesTranscript of a discussion on video games, violence, gender stereotypes, and addiction. Leland Yee, Mike Antonucci, Kristin Asleson McDonn

Privacy: Electronic Information and the IndividualThe security of personal information in the Internet age.Joseph Westfall

Teaching Ethics and Teaching Engineering-Some ParallelsThis paper looks at the problem of ethical dilemmas, teaching engineering design, and the implications which arise from the teaching of engineering and the teaching of ethics.Tim Healy

Taking Responsibility for E-WasteEnvironmental damage from computer and other electronic waste.Chad Raphael

Treatment of Emplolyees in High-Tech Start-UpsWeakness rather than evil accounts for many instances of unethical behavior.Denis J. Moberg

Unanticipated Consequences of TechnologyAn investigation of the ubiquitous phenomenon of unanticipated consequences. Concludes with ethical implications of acting when consequences will occur.Tim Healy