TY - BOOK AU - Quinn, Michael J. TI - Ethics for the information age SN - 9780132855532 AV - QA 76.9.M65 .Q56 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Upper Saddle River, New Jersey PB - Pearson Education/Addison-Wesley KW - ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING -- MORAL AND ETHICS ASPECTS N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Catalysts for change -- Introduction to ethics -- Networked communications -- Intellectual property -- Information privacy -- Privacy and the government -- Computer and network security -- Computer reliability -- Professional ethics -- Work and wealth N2 - In an era where information technology changes constantly, a thoughtful response to these rapid changes requires a basic understanding of IT history, an awareness of current issues, and a familiarity with ethics. Ethics for the Information Age is unique in its balanced coverage of ethical theories used to analyze problems encountered by computer professionals in today’s environment. By presenting provocative issues such as social networking, government surveillance, and intellectual property from all points of view, this market-leading text challenges students to think critically and draw their own conclusions, which ultimately prepares them to become responsible, ethical users of future technologies ER -