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Ethics Cases Studies (.PDF)

Overview and Questions for Case Studies in Information Technology Ethics
Section 1 - Frameworks for Ethical and Policy Analysis - Chapter 1

Section 2 - Free Expression in Cyberspace - Chapter 2
  • Case 2.1 - Excerpts from the Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000 (CHIPA)
  • Case 2.2 - Multnomah Public Library et al. v. U.S.
  • Case 2.3 - Censorship at New England University
  • Case 2.4 - Jake Baker
  • Case 2.5 - Encryption Source Code and the First Amendment
  • Case 2.6 - CompuServ Deutchland
  • Case 2.7 - Veil of Censorship
Section 3 - Intellectual Property Issues I: Software Ownership - Chapter 3
  • Case 3.1 - Piracy on the Internet
  • Case 3.2 - "It's Never Right to Copy Software"
  • Case 3.3 - Whose Program Is This?
  • Case 3.4 - Doric Conversion Technologies, Inc.
  • Case 3.5 - Note on Software Compatibility and Reverse Engineering
Section 4 - Intellectual Property Issues II: Digital Music, Connectivity, and Trepass - Chapter 4
  • Case 4.1 - The Napster Case
  • Case 4.2 - Ditto.com
  • Case 4.3 - Ticketmaster v. Microsoft
  • Case 4.4 - Metatags and Search Engine Baiting
  • Case 4.5 - Spiders at the Auction -
Section 5 - Privacy and Information Access- Chapter 5

Consumer Privacy
  • Case 5.1 - The Lotus Marketplace: Households Product Controversy
  • Case 5.2 - Toysmart.com and the Fate of Its Customer List
  • Case 5.3 - Privacy Pressures: The Use of Web Bugs at HomeConnection
Workplace Privacy
  • Case 5.4 - E-Mail Privacy at Johnson and Dresser
  • Case 5.5 - The Topper Travel Agency
Privacy and Public Safety
  • Case 5.6 - The FBI's Carnivore Technology
  • Case 5.7 - Crypto Wars
Section 6 - Security and Cybercrime- Chapter 6
  • Case 6.1 - The Disgruntled Consultant
  • Case 6.2 - Security Breach at IKON
  • Case 6.3 - A Harmless Prank
  • Case 6.4 - Interview with a Hacker
  • Case 6.5 - The Case of Craig Neidorf
  • Case 6.6 - Hacktivism
Section 7 - Liability, Reliability, and Safety Issues - Chapter 7
  • Case 7.1 - Prodigy Services Co. and Bulletin Board Liability
  • Case 7.2 - The Therac-25
  • Case 7.3 - NCR's Warehouse Manager
  • Case 7.4 - Intel's Pentium Chip Product Controversy
  • Case 7.5 - Sun's Server Problems
  • Case 7.6 - The Product Manager
  • Case 7.7 - Chicago
Section 8 - Fair Competition and Internet Access - Chapter 8
  • Case 8.1 - Microsoft Corporation (A): The United States of America v. Microsoft
  • Case 8.2 - Microsoft Corporation (B): Windows XP
  • Case 8.3 - The AOL Time Wagner Merger
  • Case 8.4 - AT & T and the City of Portland
  • Case 8.5 - Note on the Digital Divide

IS&T@UNO LEAH R. PIETRON / INFORMATION SYSTEMS & QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
INFORMATION SCIENCE & T ECHNOLOGY / UNIVERSITY OF N EBRASKA AT OMAHA

Last Updated on August 25, 2003
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