Programme of ETHICOMP 2001

The Fifth International Conference on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies

June 18-20, 2001, Gdansk, Poland

Sections : S - Software Engineering. T - Teaching and Learning. V - Virtual Communities. C - Citizens

DAY 1

9.30

Opening: Co-chairing prof. Henryk Krawczyk (TUG) and prof. Simon Rogerson (DMU)

Welcome speeches by TUG representatives and housekeeping

opening address: Systems of the Information Society. prof. Simon Rogerson

10.30

keynote: The role of Higher Education in the Information Society; a Polish perspective. prof. Edmund Wittbrodt, Polish Ministry of Education

break

Section S

Section V

Section C

11.30

1

Self-organizing Systems in the Information Age. Murphy, W (70)

Human Values in the Design and Use of the Internet: Groupware for Community. Bakardjieva, M and Feenberg, A (47)

Unintended Consequences: Computerising the UK's Social Fund. Bissett, A (6)

12.00

2

Slowly Reaching towards Software Engineering Professionalism: An Appraisal of Recent Activities Across the World. Thompson, J (29)

Towards the social design approach to information security Ueno, A and Tutiya, S (2)

Software Pricing Fair Play Rules. Gwozdzinska, A and Kaczmarek, J (1)

12.30

lunch

Section S

Section T

Section V

Section C

14.00

3

The rise of peer-to-peer communication in the U.S.: The advent of the 'network society'? Watanabe, T (67)

Are the Information Technologies the New Discrimination Tools? Results From a Study on Learning, Satisfaction and Technology. Caldeira, P (57)

Misinformation Through the Internet. Vedder, A (12)

Virtuous hackers in a community of practice. Roberts, P and Webber, J (54)

14.30

4

Ethics in Computer Engineering. Robison, W (83)

Using the Defining Issues Test for Evaluating Computer Ethics Teaching. Staehr, L & Byrne, G (82)

Lilliputian Computer Ethics. Weckert, J (36)

Censorship and Freedom of Speech and of Information. Fekete, L (42)

15.00

break

15.15

video conference link Poznan Co-chairing prof. Andrzej Kocikowski (UAM) and dr. Stanisław Szejko (TUG)

The Discontinuity of Cultural Process in the Digital Civilization. Main Dangers. Kocikowski, A (72)

16.45

end day 1 plenary

17.30

meet Mayor of Gdansk followed by concert and tour of Gdansk

DAY 2

Section S

Section T

Section V

Section C

9.30

5

Is Cogito truly a male phenomenon?. Pakszys, E (20)

Internet as a Modern Rally Point of a Young Society. Moscibrodzki, W (71)

10.00

6

Social and ethical aspects of the Y2K problem. Ropolyi, L (44)

The Challenge of Gender Bias in the IT Industry. Bednar, P and Bissett, A (9)

Towards Protecting Children In Cyberspace. Begg, M, Rogerson, S and Fairweather, N B (87)

Research Ethics and the Internet. Schuegraf, P and Rosenberg, R (53)

10.30

7

Ethical Issues of the Desktop Metaphor. Moniot, R (63)

IMIS study on gender issues in IT courses TBA (91)

Is Cyberstalking a special kind of computer game? Grodzinsky, F and Tavani, H (11)

Who can own and use his/her history of WBT? Tatsumi, T, Maeno, J, Kusumoto, N and Harada, Y (66)

11.00

break

Section S

Section T

Section V

Section C

11.30

8

Quality of Goals - A Key to the Human-oriented Technology. Begier, B (14)

Is Using A Distance Learning Approach Applicable to Teaching Ethics to Business and Computer Science Students? Rahanu, H and Turner, E (27)

Medical Informatics and Information Ethics- Privacy Policy in the Age of Taylor-Made Medicine. Itai, K (38)

12.00

9

Software Engineering as a Social Science. Bereza-Jarocinski, B (16)

The Potential for the Development of Computer Education in Poland. Lukasiewicz, R (59)

Surveillance at work: experience in a university context. Prior, M (77)

Meeting Ethical Demands in a Multi-Agency Project. Thomas, J and Bissett, A (8)

12.30

10

Just Programming. Thimbleby, H and Duquenoy, P (81)

The Role of Imagination in a Course on Ethical Issues in Computer Science. Fleischman, W (69)

Introducing Monitoring and Management Subsystem in the TeleCAD Web Based Training Environment (WBT@TUG ). Grabowska, A and Wozniak, J (10)

Privacy in the Age of Bigger Brother. Fairweather, N (90)

13.00

lunch

14.30

keynote: Reducing Software Failures: Addressing the Ethical Risks of the Software Development Lifecycle. prof. Don Gotterbarn, D (84)

panel discussion: Infoethics - a new dimension of software quality

Panelists from industry, universities, British Council and IMIS. Moderator: prof. Bogdan Wiszniewski

16.00

break

Section S

Section V

Section V

Section C

16.30

11

Software Quality Management in Context of the Ethics of Values. Bobkowska, A (73)

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems and information ethics in call centres – ‘You are the weakest link. Goodbye!’ Richardson, H and Richardson, K (28)

Fear and Trembling on the Internet. Prosser, B and Ward, A (17)

Personal Privacy Protection in an Austrian Online Survey: A Case Study. Siegetsleitner, A and Weichbold, M (11)

17.00

12

Behind your back - dangers of untested code. Ren, M (49)

Internet Users’ Judgements of Ethical and Unethical Behaviour. Krawczyk – Brylka, B (15)

Cyberspace: Ethical Problems with new Technologies. Barroso, P (56)

Privacy in the Digital Library. Sturges, P and Iliffe, U (76)

17.30

13

A Software Development Solution. Gleeson, D (18)

Morality, Markets and the Internet. Spinello, R (61)

Internauts. Gorniak-Kocikowska, K (39)

Feeding the fire: How Awareness affects Perception. Wilford, S and Fairweather, N B (80)

18.00

end day 2 plenary

20.00

conference dinner

DAY 3

Section V

Section T

Section V

Section C

9.30

14

Chosen aspects associated with the computer systems influence on the attitudes of various pedagogical subjects. Diagnosis of the current conditions and specification of the desired ethical behaviours. Konarzewski, E and Sienkiewicz, J (86)

The Governance of Code: Is Code Governance? Syme, S and Camp, L (40)

The Impact of Neurology and Behavioral Psychology on the Creation of Modern Marketing Databases. Unold, J (30)

10.00

15

Discontinuous Existance in the Digital Civilization Based Upon the Disappearance of Various Artifacts. Knasiecki, L (45)

in Research, Practice, and Public Policy. Smith, M (48)

The Global Culture of Digital Technology and Its Ethics. Gorniak-Kocikowska, K (39)

Russell and the quest for a Computer Ethics. Marturano, A (13)

10.30

16

Erosion of Privacy in Computer Vision Systems. Smiatacz, M (46)

An historical review of the teaching of appropriate norms of behaviour to novices by professional groups, with emphasis on the teaching of computer ethics, and some observations for the future. Davies,J (78)

The Moral Status of Virtual Action Horner, D (19)

Playing God: Technological Hubris in Literature and Philosophy. Volkman, R (62)

11.00

break

Section V

Section T

Section V

Section C

11.30

17

Philosophical limitations to freedom of speech in virtual communities. Mowbray, M (51)

Ethics in teaching information technologies. Zurkowska-Krakowska, G and Sikorski, W (24)

Dilemmas in addressing policy issues in electronic commerce. Pouloudi, N and Papazafeiropoulou, N (52)

Computers, Business Methods, and Patents An Ethical Investigation. Andolsen, B and Andolsen, A (74)

12.00

18

ICT and democratic values. Collste, G and Holmqvist, J (23)

Teaching Ethics in Infomatics: A Comparative Study. del Campo, J, Barroso, P and Weckert, J (34)

Consumers in the marketspace - the ethical aspects of electronic commerce. Wielki, J (32)

Understanding computer misuse committed by internal employees: a case study. Kesar, S and Rogerson, S (79)

12.30

lunch

Section T

Section V

Section C

14.00

19

Teaching Computer Ethics to IT Students in Higher Education : An Exploration of Provision, Practice and Perspective. Turner, E and Roberts, P (21)

Anonymity of the Individual in the Information Society – Qualitative Changes in Interhuman Contacts. Lukasiewicz, R (60)

The new sharing ethic in Cyberspace. Guadamuz, A (5)

14.30

20

Teaching information ethics at the business faculty and the open source software. Wapinski, G (25)

Finding a voice in Cyberspace: Utterances and their ethical consequences. Mitra, A (4)

15.00

closing review: prof. Terrel W. Bynum

16.00

end of conference