Professor Simon Rogerson BSc FIMIS MIMgt FRSA
Director of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility
and Member of the Dept
of Information Systems,
Postal Address and Contact Numbers:
Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility,
Faculty of Computing Sciences and Engineering,
De Montfort University.
The Gateway
Leicester LE1 9BH
Tel: +44 (0)116 257 7475
Fax: +44 (0)116 207 8159
Email: srog@dmu.ac.uk
Background
I joined De Montfort University in 1983, following a successful
industrial career which culminated in being the Computer Services
Manager for Thorn EMI. I now combine lecturing, research and
consultancy in the management and ethical aspects of computing. I
have published and presented papers in many countries about these
issues. In 1995 I became the Director of the newly formed Centre
for Computing and Social Responsibility. I conceived and
co-direct the ETHICOMP conference series on the ethical impacts
of IT. I am a member of the Parliamentary IT Committee in the UK,
a Fellow of the Institute for the Managment of Information
Systems and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement
of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Current Areas of Interest
- Computer Ethics as a discipline
- Ethically sensitive information systems development approaches
- Codes of Ethics
- Strategic Information Systems Planning
- Systems Development Management and Project Management
- Management Support Systems
Read my interview for Business and Technology if you want to find out my views on computer ethics.
Current Doctoral Supervision
- Alvazez, I.M.S., The impact of electronic commerce
- Asghar, A., IS strategy and ethics
- Begg, M., The new information society.
- Howley, R., Social interaction, politics, privacy and computers
- King, H., Medical artificial intellingence
applications and the ethical implications.
- Sherratt, D., Case-based reasoner tool for social, legal and ethical issues
of ICT
- Wu, X. , The Ethical Considerations
in Policing Information Systems Development Strategies and Methodologies.
- Wilford, S, Privacy Policy Within Computer
Ethics.
- Howley, R, Data-Protection.
Completed Doctoral Supervision
- Kesar, S., A cross cultural investigation
of IT misuse and ethical practices.
- Ali, L., Towards organisationalcultural
alignment of strategic information systems planning methodologies. (PhD, 2000)
- Musgrave, D., Evolving IS strategy:
lessons learned from five Probation Services. (MPhil, 2000)
- Rahanu, H., Ethical consideration
influencing decision making in the computer industry: a case-based reasoner
knowledge representation. (PhD, 1999)
- Johnson, P., Modelling successful
diffusion of management support systems.
This is a regular column that I write for the IMIS Journal which
addresses the social and ethical issues relating to the use of IT
in everyday situations. All practising professionals should find
this column of interest. Past editions have included discussions
on privacy, teleworking, data matching, social responsibility,
business process reengineering and training. I would welcome
suggestions of topics that you think would be of interest and
would also be happy to share an edition with a guest contributor.
Things aren't always what they appear to be!!!
This picture is a fake. The ability to manipulate pictures digitally can be amusing but
it can be very damaging, hurtful and deceitful. It is an example
of powerful IT that needs to be handled carefully to realise
positive effects and not cause harm.
The Rogerson Clan
Some of my recent publications and presentations
Web Site Resources of Interest
This Web page is maintained by Professor
Simon Rogerson and the CCSR Webmaster.
Last updated [Tuesday 2nd September 2003]
