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Ethical and Legal Aspects of Computing

A Professional Perspective from Software Engineering

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-3-031-52663-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Erscheinungstermin: 24.03.2024
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This textbook presents an overview of the critically important ethical and legal issues that arise in the computing field and provides a professional perspective from software engineering. The author gained exposure to these aspects of computing while working as a software engineer at Motorola in Ireland, where he coordinated the patent programme and worked with several software suppliers.

Topics and features:

  • Presents a broad overview of ethics and the law
  • Includes key learning topics, summaries, and review questions in each chapter, together with a useful glossary
  • Discusses the professional responsibility of computer professionals
  • Explores ethics in various civilisations and religious traditions
  • Discusses ethical software engineering and ethical outsourcing
  • Considers what is fair and ethical in data science
  • Describes ethical challenges that arise in social media and the AI field
  • Reviews intellectual property including patents, copyright and trademarks

This practical and easy-to-follow textbook/reference is ideal for computer science students seeking to understand legal and ethical aspects of computing. The text also serves as a concise self-study primer for software engineers and software managers.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9783031526633
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-3-031-52663-3
  • Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
  • Erscheinungstermin: 24.03.2024
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 2024
  • Serie: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 435 g
  • Seiten: 257
  • Format (B x H x T): 155 x 235 x 16 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

1. Introduction to Ethics and the Law in Computing.- 2. A Short History of Ethics.- 3. Professional Responsibility of Computer Professionals.- 4. Ethical Software Engineering.- 5. Ethical and Legal Aspects of Data Science.- 6. Ethical Social Media.- 7. Ethics and AI.- 8. Introduction to Law.- 9. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Outsourcing.- 10. Intellectual Property Law.- 11. E-commerce Law.- 12. Cybercrime and Cybersecurity.- 13. Epilogue.