Title
Session 2 - Societal-consciousness in the computing curricula: A Time for serious introspection
Location
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Stan Fulton Building
Start Date
1-6-2007 11:50 AM
End Date
1-6-2007 12:00 PM
Description
This paper addresses the growing need for inculcating appropriate ethics within the computing curriculum by fostering the development of a societally-conscious ethical framework among our students to address the use of information technology vis-à-vis government, business and society. We propose a new integrated model based approach (IDEA) and suggest its adoption to encourage students on reflecting upon the social and ethical ramifications of technology, beyond the narrow, project focused tunnel vision that currently (subliminally) exists in many computing curricula, and in particular, in today’s profit-focused, consulting and contract-based software industry.
Keywords
Applied ethics; Business ethics; Ethics – Study and teaching; Information science – Moral and ethical aspects; Information technology – Moral and ethical aspects; Professional ethics
Disciplines
Computer Sciences | Databases and Information Systems | Ethics in Religion | Library and Information Science
Language
English
Included in
Databases and Information Systems Commons, Ethics in Religion Commons, Library and Information Science Commons
Session 2 - Societal-consciousness in the computing curricula: A Time for serious introspection
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Stan Fulton Building
This paper addresses the growing need for inculcating appropriate ethics within the computing curriculum by fostering the development of a societally-conscious ethical framework among our students to address the use of information technology vis-à-vis government, business and society. We propose a new integrated model based approach (IDEA) and suggest its adoption to encourage students on reflecting upon the social and ethical ramifications of technology, beyond the narrow, project focused tunnel vision that currently (subliminally) exists in many computing curricula, and in particular, in today’s profit-focused, consulting and contract-based software industry.