NSF Workshop on Ethics and Computing

CLASSROOM EXERCISES

Fraud / Unfair Business Dealings Consideration of alleged anti-competitive practices by Microsoft (2/15/99) Slippery slope fraud for IPO at Kurzweil Applied Intelligence (11/17/98) Fraudulent e-mail/Web sites (11/17/98) Synchronys' SoftRAM "placebo software" fraud (12/18/98) Unprofessional activities associated with Y2K (11/17/98)	Freedom of Speech Damaging Effects of Cybersmear and Responsibility of the ISP (04/26/00) Hate sites on the web and free speech (using Nightline video) (1/31/00) Arthur Butz' "Holocaust Denial" Web Site (3/12/99) Pornography over the internet / across state lines (11/17/98) Freedom of Speech and objectionable web sites (4/30/99)
Hacking / Security Unauthorized Access Analysis (04/26/00) Analysis of incidents of unauthorized access (11/17/98) Assessing penalties in hacking incidents (11/17/98) Distinguishing between hacking and cracking (11/17/98) An exercise in critical thinking: two views of hacking (11/17/98)	Intellectual Property Computer History, Privacy, Intellectual Property (04/26/00) Developing Global Concerns About Piracy (04/26/00) The Tenant Management System: A Case Study (04/26/00) The popularity of software piracy (11/17/98) Survey on software piracy (11/17/98) The Autodesk versus VMI trade secrets case (11/17/98) Software piracy perspectives - option 1 (1/10/00) Software piracy perspectives - option 2 (1/10/00) An Introduction to Software Piracy Using SIIA Resources (2/14/00) But of course I can use it at home, can't I? (9/24/02)
Privacy and Spam International Viewpoint on National ID Cards (04/26/00) Misuses of Government Databases (04/26/00) Privacy issues related to the Internet-Worksheet (11/17/98) Privacy issues related to the Internet-Paper (11/17/98) Consideration of a national health identifier (11/17/98) Gov't/individual and employer/employee email privacy (11/17/98) Data mining and invasion of privacy (3/22/99)	Safety Critical Systems Safety Critical Systems / Ethical Principles and Practices (04/26/00) Analysis of a software testing scenario (11/17/98) Design considerations for safety-critical systems (11/17/98) Case study of the Patriot Missile system (11/17/98)
Whistle-blowing Goodearl and Aldred v. Hughes Aircraft (04/25/00) Introduction to Analysis (11/17/98) Introduction to Student Environment (11/17/98) Role Playing Model (11/17/98) Steps of ethical dissent (11/17/98)	Discrimination, Harassment and Workplace Issues Ethics -- She Says, He Says (04/26/00) Sexual Harassment/Discrimination (04/26/00) Sex bias in educational software (04/26/00) Constituent Elements of Workplace Issues (11/17/98) Considering the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (11/17/98) Sexual Harassment/E-mail Fraud (11/17/98) Technician finds porn on the Harvard dean's pc (10/12/99)
Professional Responsibility / Liability Year 2000 Problem and Software Reliability (04/25/00) Unethical Software Development Practices (CONFIRM) (8/12/99) Codes of Conduct and Professionalism (04/25/00)	Critical-Thinking Evaluation of quality of web site information (from VA Tech) (10/12/99)
Encryption	Other Professional and local codes of conduct - assistance in making decisions (8/12/99) Collection of activities on impact of new computer systems on employment (8/12/99)

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