Baase, Sara

A gift of fire : social, legal, and ethical issues for computing technology / Sara Baase ; international edition contributions by Atriya Sen. - Fourth edition. Philippine edition. - Singapore : Pearson Education South Asia, c2014. - pages : illustrations ; cm

"Original edition, entitled A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology, 4th edition by Sara Baase, published by Pearson Education Limited, copyright 2013."--Copyright page. "Low Price edition"--Front cover. Includes index.

Unwrapping the gift -- Privacy -- Freedom of speech -- Intellectual property -- Crime -- Work -- Evaluating and controlling technology -- Errors, failures, and risks -- Professional ethics and responsibilities -- Epilogue A The Software engineering code and the ACM code.

"Sara Baase explores the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the controversies they raise. With a computer scientist's perspective, and with historical context for many issues, she covers the issues students will face both as members of a technological society and as professionals in computer-related fields. A primary goal is to develop computer professionals who understand the implications of what they create and how it fits into society at large."--Google Books

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Computers--Social aspects
Computers--Moral and ethical aspects
Internet--Social aspects
Internet--Moral and ethical aspects

QA76.9 / C66B11 2014