| ETHICOMP 1999 Conference Programme |
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| TUTORIALS, TUESDAY 5 OCTOBER 1999 |
| 08:15 | Tutorial Registration |
| 09:00 | Introduction to Computer Ethics Terrell Ward Bynum |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 | Computer Ethics in the Enterprise Simon Rogerson and Don Gotterbarn |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
| 15:00 | Internet ethics: impacts on the workplace, the home and education Deborah G. Johnson |
| 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:30 | An overview of IPR with an eye towards who owns information including your own private data: a US perspective Wendy Gordon |
| DAY 1, WEDNESDAY 6 OCTOBER 1999 |
| 08:15 | | Conference Registration |
| 09:15 | | Opening Remarks |
| 10:15 | | Invited lecture by the President of the Authority for Protection of Personal Data S. Rodotà |
| 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 | | Panel on the ethical and social aspects in the Information Society
- chairperson: S. Rodotà
Panel expected participants:
- C. Batini (Authority for Computing in Public Administration),
- C. Bellinzona (CEMISS - Ministry of Defence),
- A. Busetto (Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Handicraft),
- B. De Padirac (UNESCO),
- G. Gamaleri (RAI),
- D. Gotterbarn (SIGCAS ACM),
- G. Rao (OSCE and Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri - FSI),
- S. Rodotà (Authority for Protection of Personal Data). |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
| 15:00 |
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An Investigation of Gender Differences in the Ethical Attitudes of IT Professionals Andrew Bissett and Geraldine Shipton |
Teaching ethics embbedded in technical subjects Rosalia Peña, Juan Botía and Javier Extremera |
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Deconstructing (the concept of) Intellectual Property: Designing and Incorporating Alternative Models of Property Owners hip in the New Millennium and the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge Tomas Lipinski and Johannes J Britz |
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Networked Computer Systems - the case for Ethical Audit Duncan Langford |
Towards an Effective and Ethical Virtual Learing Environment John T. Burns |
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Software As Discourse And Its Implications For The Regulation Of Information Society Gail E Evans and Sarah Moylan |
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Ethics in Military and Civilian Software Development Sam Nitzberg |
The ethical problems of teaching information systems security at undergraduate level David Chadwick, Phil Clipsham, G. Windall and A Stanley |
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Of Computers, Copyright, and Contract Wendy J. Gordon and Paul J. Liacos |
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Gender and Ethnicity of Computing - Perceptions of the Future Generation Eva Turner |
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Regulation, Risks and Integrity in the Global Financial Market Corrado Conti |
| 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 |
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Shifting boundaries: The responsibility of the computing professionals in the information society Ruud van Dael and Marc van Lieshout |
Moral Responsibilities for Systems Development Jeroen van den Hoven |
Fading Barriers to Potentially Harmful Information: Moral Responsibilities of Internet Providers Anton Vedder |
Issues of Data Protection in Contemporary Development Environments Mark Lycett and Nancy Pouloudi |
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Virtual Organizations, Real Business and National Work Jorma Kajava |
The "Human-Machine" Schism in STS with Implications for Software Accountability, Control and Design Stephen J. Lilley |
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Biometrics and Privacy. A note on the politics of theorizing technology Irma van der Ploeg |
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Normative aspects and responsibilities into the Virtual Enterprise model Antonio Marturano, Nicola Marturano and Roberto Tononi |
On the Moral Scrutiny of Two Kinds of Information Security Activities Mikko T. Siponen |
Ethics, Retailing and the Internet Paul Whysall |
Governing privacy: systems, participants and policy instruments Charles D. Raab |
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Activity Report of IIS E-Commerce and Digital-Cash Committee Kanta Matsuura and Hideki Imai |
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Are Internet Tools and Resources Ethical? Thomas J. Froehlich |
Regulating Digital Identity Richard A. Spinello |
| 18:30 | END OF DAY 1 |
| DAY 2 THURSDAY 7 OCTOBER 1999 |
| 09:00 |
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Invited lecture (plenary session) Deborah G. Johnson |
| 09:45 |
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Method in Computer Ethics: Towards a Multi-level Interdisciplinary Approach Philip Brey |
Ethics and consumer electronics Harold Thimbleby, Penny Duquenoy and Gary Marsden |
Differences Between Men and Women in Terms of Usage and Assessment of Information Technologies J J Escribano, Rosalia Peña and Javier Extremera |
Contractual and Technological Regulation of Information Access David A. Rice |
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Against the Power of Abstraction László Ropolyi |
Policies for the prevention of repetitive strain injury (RSI) among computer users: a moral analysis N Ben Fairweather |
Reducing the geek bias in virtual communities: suggestions from a case study Miranda Mowbray |
Multimedia content delivery to mobile terminals: policies for radio spectrum usage Francesco Conti |
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Software Ownership and Natural Rights Richard Volkman |
Double encryption of anonymized electronic data interchange Albert Vlug |
Unequal Access: A Pressing Moral Problem? David Resnick |
An Emerging Ontology of Jurisdiction in Cyberspace David R. Koepsell |
| 11:00 | | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 |
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Privacy, Autonomy and Workplace Surveillance Lucas D. Introna |
Ethical Problems Generated by the use of Informatics in Medicine Porfirio Barroso |
Square eyed and Virtual - A Vision of the Information Age? Pat Jefferies and Fiaz Hussain |
Regulating Cyberspace - from a Kelsenian point of view Antonio Marturano |
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Internet Privacy: Some Distinctions Between Internet-Specific and Internet-Enhanced Privacy Concerns Herman T. Tavani |
The Internet - Doctor Göran Collste |
Community Informatics - Defining an Ethical Framework Paul McCusker and Kate O'Dubhchair |
What is so bad about Internet regulation? John Weckert |
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Tutorial on digital cryptography Harold Thimbleby |
Evaluating telehealth: the search for an ethical perspective Tony Cranford and Ela Klecun-Dabrowska |
Ethical Dilemmas in Connection with On-line Forums in Local Government Agneta Ranerup |
Issues of Ethics and Responsibility with Internet Information Quality Laurie A. Smith King |
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Patient privacy and economic interests: raising issues in Health Telematics Velia Mauro |
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Regulation, Governance and the Internet: the Quest for a Global Ethic? Jamal Shahin |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 | | (Plenary session) on Ethical aspects of uses of ICT for the Defense. Chairperson: S. Natalicchio (General Director of the Military Health - Ministry of Defence) Participants:
- C. Bellinzona (Cemiss - Min. of Defence)
- A. Bissett (Hallam Sheffield University)
- R. D'Amelio (Military Health - Min. of Defence)
- G.F. Gasperini (CASD - Min. of Defence)
- S. Natalicchio (Military Health - Min. of Defence)
- S. Nitzberg (Telos Inc.) |
| 15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15 |
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The Insignificance of a Technological Conception Scott Hanson |
The evaluation of a Case-Based Reasoner as a Tool to Facilitate Understanding of the Ethical and Professional Issues Invoked by failed IS Projects Harjinder Rahanu, Jennifer Davies and Simon Rogerson |
An ethical perspective on information poverty and proposed solutions Johannes J. Britz and J N Blignaut |
Towards a synthesis of Discourse Ethics and Internet regulation Penny Duquenoy, Harold Thimbleby and Steve Torrance |
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I need the Internet for Information - ICT in School and the Principle of Beneficence Jan Holmqvist |
Could Computer Ethics Spark a New Moral Generation? - An Australian Perspective Chris R. Simpson |
The Human Factor Barbara Hull |
Is the Internet-Regulation Necessary? Shuji Imamoto |
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Perfection and the Idea of Moral Progress in Information Ethics David Sanford Horner |
Will the Regulation of Software Engineering and the Texas Licensing Model Act as Catalysts for the Integration of Computer Ethics into Mainstream Computer Education? Andrew Storey and J Barrie Thompson |
The Information Rich, the Information Poor and the Legal Information Underclass: Access to Unpublished Precedent and Use of CALR (Computer Assisted Legal Research) Tomas Lipinski |
Filtering the Internet in the USA: Free Speech Denied? Richard S. Rosenberg |
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Educating for the future: how can we do better? Julian Webb, Lesley Rackley and John Betts |
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Internet Filtering Criteria: a Survey Raising Ethical Issues Marie d'Udekem-Gevers |
| 17:45 | END OF DAY 2 |
| DAY 3 FRIDAY 8 OCTOBER 1999 |
| 09:30 |
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Some Ethical Aspects of Agency Machines Based on Artificial Intelligence Francesco Amigoni, Viola Schiaffonati and Marco Somalvico |
Genetics and the Fair use of Electronic Information Thomas Cavanaugh |
The Future of Islamic Personal Introduction Agencies on the Internet Mohamed M. Begg, Simon Rogerson, Paul Luker and N Ben Fairweather |
Digitalization and Personal Identity Wade Robison |
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Why Computers Will (Necessarily) Deceive Us and Each Other Cristiano Castelfranchi |
Ethical Issues in the Use of Neural Network-based Methodologies for Image Interpretation in Medicine George D. Magoulas and Nancy Pouloudi |
Technological limits of parental control over the Internet Michele Crudele |
The Role & Ethical Impact of Information Technology in the Distribution of Corporate Information Christine Mallin and Sue Newell |
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Responsible Computers Kari Coleman |
A common sense approach to the Corporate Contradiction (How a Local Authority manages the New Data Protection Act) Paul Simpkins |
2001: On becoming a person - The Internet, the Chakras and Neuro Linguistic Programming Philippe Scheimann |
Technological Mafia and "off-shore" legal activities - Existing Relationships Between Criminality And Information Society Emanuela Pauselli |
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Autonomous agents and responsibility L. Beolchi |
Information Ethics Education as Science Education and Simulated Network Emergency Exercises for Information Teachers Takeo Tatsumi, Yasumari Harada and Noriaki Kusumoto |
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| 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 |
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The Axioms of Subsumption Ethics David H. Gleason |
Teaching Children about Ethics and the Internet Anthony E. Fusco |
The Computer-Mediated Public Sphere and the Cosmopolitan Ideal Robyn Brothers |
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An Ethical Decision Support Tool: Improving the Identification and Response to the Ethical Dimensions of Software Projects Don Gotterbarn |
The Development of the 'Ethical' ICT Professional and the Vision of an Ethical on-line Society: How Far Have we come and Where are we Going? Frances S. Grodzinsky |
Voice and Geography in Cyberspace Ananda Mitra |
Third Parties: Toward a Restoration of Trust in Cyberspace? Paul B. de Laat |
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The Future Looks Dim: Building the Information Society with Shoddy Materials Keith W. Miller |
Teaching Ethics to a Multicultural, Multiethnic, Multifaith Group of mature students in the Context of Information Security Cliff Evans |
Information technologies, democracy and economic power Hendrik Opdebeeck |
Privacy, Encryption and the Internet Seumas Miller |
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Ethical Considerations on Information System Development: Perspectives on a Practical Moral Framework Xiaojian Wu, Simon Rogerson and N Ben Fairweather |
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Critical Information-Dependent Systems and International Security Giuseppe Sacco |
Terrorism and Civil Disobedience: Towards an International Ethic of Hacktivism Mark Manion and Abby Goodrum |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:30 | | Panel on Privacy - chairperson G. Buttarelli (General Secretary of the Authority for Protection of Personal Data) Participants:
- G. Buttarelli (Authority for Protection of Personal Data)
- A. Pouloudi (Brunel University)
- C. Raab (University of Edinburgh)
- P. Simpkins (Manchester Authority for Data Protection)
- R. Spinello (Boston University) |
| 15:30 | | Report on Ethicomp survey and Final report (conclusions) by the Conference directors. |
| 17:00 | CLOSE CONFERENCE |
