CSS/325
Ethics in Computer Science
Course level: Undergraduate
Christine O.
BSA
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This course addresses the legal, ethical, and societal implications of information technology and highlights notable technology developments and their impact on business. Students examine professional codes of ethics, cyberattacks and cybersecurity, security risk assessment, privacy, electronic surveillance, and freedom of expression. Topics include Internet censorship, protection of intellectual property, quality software systems, IT's impact on society, social networking, and ethics of IT corporations with a strong focus on the ethical issues in the workplace.
Required materials
The materials required for this course are covered in your resource fees.
Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.
Legal and Ethical Principles
Apply ethical considerations to decision making
Operations
Recommend measures to improve their ethics in the IT realm
Information Privacy
Identify ethical theories as they apply to an IT scenario