| ETHICOMP 1998 Conference Programme |
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| DAY 1 WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH 1998 |
| 08:30 | | Registration |
| 09:30 | | Opening Remarks |
| 10:00 | | Co-directors' Address |
| 11:00 |
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The World through Windows: aspects of communication and domination in contemporary culture Gerrit du Preez |
Going for broke, not brokerage: what the virtual university can ethically bring to the electronic marketplace Rosane Pagano and Ian Kennedy White |
Information Ethics: From Case-based Analyses to Theoretical FoundationsLuciano Floridi |
| 11:30 |
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Projects from Hell - The Ethics of IT Project Planning David H. Gleason |
Internet Pornography: hazard, or hype? Duncan Langford |
Interactive Computer Ethics Explorer Walter Maner |
Equity of Access and Adaptive Technology Frances Grodzinsky |
| 12:00 |
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People-Centred Information Systems Development Julie Ward and Clare Stephenson |
The Case for Responsibility of the Computing Industry to Promote Equal Presentation of Women and Men in Advertising Campaigns Eva Turner |
Computers in school and the formation of social values Jan Holmqvist |
A theological reflection on integrated information networks Richard Thomas |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00 |
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Ethical Aspects of the Employment of Expert Systems in Medicine B. Spyropoulos and G. Papagounos |
Electronic Commerce and Auditing in Cyberspace Douglas W. Barbin |
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The Development of Computer Ethics: Contributions from Business Ethics and Medical Ethics Kenman Wong and Gerhard Steinke |
| 2:30 | Panel 1 - Industrial views of computer ethics |
| 3:30 | Break |
| 4:00 |
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Ethical Issues in the Use of One-to-One Information Distribution: Observations from an Enabler's Point of View Bill McDaniel and Pat McGrew |
Development of a Case-based Reasoner as a tool to Facilitate Ethical Understanding Harjinder Rahanu, Jennifer Davies and Simon Rogerson |
Teaching Ethics in Computer Science - How it is approached in Spanish Universities Rosalia Peña and Javier Extremera |
The Right to Know Versus the Right to Own: The Ethical Dilemma of Intellectual Freedom Versus Intellectual Property - A South African Case Study Johannes J. Britz and K. E. van Zyl |
| 4:30 |
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Some Perspectives Concerning Two Elements of Computer Ethics Mikko T. Siponen and Jorma Kajava |
New Information Based Organisations: A Conceptual Approach Mario Arias-Oliva |
Information Literacy, a Sine Qua Non of the Learning Environment, and a Moral Imperative for Educators Lester J. Pourciau |
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| 5:00 | END OF DAY 1 |
| DAY 2 THURSDAY 26 MARCH 1998 |
| 09:30 |
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Data Medical Privacy Act: an Italian Lacking. Some Remarks Luigi Gerardi |
Intercontinental Coding: A Challenge to Policy Domains Alexandra Samuel |
Teaching Information Integrity - an ethical approach Phil Clipsham, Dave Chadwick and Andrew Stanley |
The commodifcation of information and the extension of property rights into the public domain Tomas Lipinski |
| 10:00 |
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The Problem of the Ethics in the Advertising in the Information Society: the Italian Experience Diego Rispoli |
Counselling via the Internet: Is it Ethical? Dave Robson and Maggie Robson |
Raising Ethical Awareness in Systems Development Alastair Irons and Paul Kelly |
The Moralistic Dimensions of Unauthorised Copying of Software - Selected Issues Mikko T. Siponen and Jorma Kajava |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 |
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Re-engineering of Values in the Global Information Society Alberto Abruzzese and Carlo Grasi |
Characteristics correlated with an individual's predisposition to making a computer related ethical judgement Cheryl Welch |
New Professionals, New Measures of Worth, New Ethic of Collaboration Chris Simpson and Oliver Burmeister |
Rethinking Technology, Revitalising Ethics: Overcoming Barriers to Ethical Design Patrick Feng |
| 11:30 |
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Bionic: a link between Computer Ethics and Bioethics Antonio Marturano |
Computer use and abuse within organisations: understanding ethics of a workplace Shalini Kesar and Simon Rogerson |
Professional ethics and the role of chartered societies: a case study John Lindsay |
Encountering the World with Ubiquitous Computing Agustin A. Araya |
| 12:00 |
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Authorities: A New Non Authoritarian Approach Ugo G. Pacifici Noja |
IT and the Workplace: Perspectives on Technology and the Responsibilites of Experts Frans A.J. Birrer |
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| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00 |
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The Internet and Public Interest Theory Marcus Breen |
Technology, blessing or curse for employment and labour? - a technophilosophical approach Hendrik Opdebeeck |
Computer Mediated Communications and International Communities of Practice Paul Hildreth, Chris Kimble and Peter Wright |
Patenting Mathematical Formulas: Whats the Harm? A Thought-Experiment in Algebra Paul de Laat |
| 2:30 | Panel 2 - Ethical Marketing in the computer industry |
| 3:30 | Break |
| 4:00 |
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Subjective and Objective Knowledge in a small and complex Relational Data Base Philip Hughes Farro |
The Workplace on the verge of the 21st Century Richard S. Rosenberg |
Who will bear moral responsibility? David Anderson |
Surveillance in Employment: the case of Teleworking N Ben Fairweather |
| 4:30 |
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Designing and Filtering On-line Information Quality: New Perspectives for Information Service Providers Laure Berti and David Graveleau |
The IT revolution and the future of hierarchies Jecek Sojka |
The Ethics of the Internet in a Digitized Society. Porfirio Barroso and John Weckert |
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| 5:00 | END OF DAY 2 |
| DAY 3 FRIDAY 27 MARCH 1998 |
| 09:00 |
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"Profession" and Professional Ethics: an IT perspective Andrew Korac-Kakabadse and Nada Korac-Kakabadse |
| 09:30 |
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Worker Autonomy and the Technological Drama of Digital Netwoks in Organizations Philip Brey |
Creating an Organisational Awareness of Ethical Responsibility about Information Technology Joyce C. Little and Mary J. Granger |
Privacy in the information age: stakeholders, interests and values Lucas Introna and Nancy Pouloudi |
| 10:00 |
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Information Society, Ethics and the EU Bethan Ilett |
Improving job design by stealth: a practical or an ethical issue? Tom Gough |
Women and Computing: The Ethical Responsibility of the IT Industry Niki Panteli, Janet Stack, Malcolm Atkinson and Harvie Ramsay |
Preserving market space and the private place Tomas Lipinski |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 |
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Conflict and the computer: Information Warfare and Related Ethical Issues Sam Nitzberg |
Let us reorganize the networked computerized workplace from an ethical point of view Thomas B. Hodel-Widmer and Ambros P. Luthi |
Some Themes Concerning Professional Ethics and Emotional and Moral Knowing-How in the Field of IT Mikko T. Siponen and Jorma Kajava |
Privacy and Trust: Information, Government and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Charles D Raab |
| 11:30 | Panel 3 - Electronic monitoring |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00 |
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How to do things with Kant: conscientiousness in information management David Sanford Horner |
Envy and Destructiveness: Understanding the Impulses Behind Computer Viruses Andy Bissett and Geraldine Shipton |
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Email, Voicemail, and Privacy: What Policy is Ethical? Marsha Woodbury |
| 2:30 |
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UK views of ethical and spiritual implications of IT Harold Thimbleby, Penny Duquenoy and Nicholas Beale |
Inspection Mechanism for Server-and-Client Protocols with Private-Key Cipher Kanta Matsuura and Hideki Imai |
Email Ethics Pat Gannon-Leary |
| 3:00 | Closing Plenary |
| 4:00 | CLOSE CONFERENCE |