JACKSONVILLE
STATE UNIVERSITY
CS 462 Ethics and Legal Issue
Instructor: Cynthia G. Jensen Phone: 256-782-5257
Room: 303 Bibb Graves Email: cjensen@jsucc.jsu.edu
PREREQUISITES
Prerequisite: CS 310 or permission of instructor.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
1. To develop an understanding of the legal and ethical implications of computing.
2. To become familiar with types of personal and information privacy involved in computing.
3. To become familiar with types of computer crimes and laws.
4. To develop an awareness of the ethical and professional concerns of computer use.
5. To provide a foundation and process for ethical decision making.
Policies
Class roll will be taken. The necessity to attend class will soon be apparent as daily class participation will be a part of your grade. A major component of the course will be the discussion of ethical concerns involved with computing in the information age.
"All students are expected to attend class fully prepared with appropriate materials and all devices which make noise turned to the off position (e.g., cellular phones, pagers, personal stereos, etc.). Any student behavior deemed disruptive by the professor will result in expulsion of the student from the classroom, with an absence for the day and possible disciplinary action."
All current
Texts
Ethics in Information Technology by George Reynolds – Course Technology – 2003
ISBN: 0-619-06277-0
Course Outline (tentative)
1. What is Ethics?
2. Ethical Issues in Computing
3. Ethical Codes of Professional Organizations
4. Governing and Regulating the Internet
5. Societal Impact of Computing and the Internet
6. Invasion of Privacy
7. Intellectual Property
8. Computer Crime
9. Legal Issues in Computing
Method of Instruction
This course will heavily involve student input. For this reason you will be expected to participate in class discussions and debates, and provide current research sources from printed materials as well as "surfing" the Internet. An informal classroom environment with a minimum of lecture is planned.
Come to class prepared to discuss your journal
entries. You will be given 1 point each day that you attend class.
Participation in the discussions will be graded each day and the score for the
day’s discussion will be added to the attendance point--according to the
following scale:
‘1’- a little contribution on your part;
‘2’- contributed as much as most classmates;
‘3’- discussed your article or your case study.
(Remember contribution does not necessarily mean “running your mouth”.)
If you are hesitant about talking in class, see me for an alternative means of receiving participation points.
Grades (tentative)
