One of the primary goal of education is to facilitate an individual in establishing his/her ethical value, so that individual could aware of his/her conduct might affect others in an interdependent society. The purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity for in-depth study on ethical and legal issues regarding the use of computer. Literature review, case study and role-playing will be used through out the course. Topics will be covered including: ethical dilemmas for computer professionals and users, software theft, hacking and viruses, responsibility for unreliable computers and software, the invasion of privacy, the infringement upon the copyright, artificial intelligence and expert systems, as well as other social impacts regarding to computerization.
- Teacher: 樊台聖 Fan Tai-Sheng