Please write a two-page research paper on one of the social or ethical issues in computing topics below. You should use at least two sources for your research topic. This is a research assignment and you are expected to provide a substantive, fact-filled paper. Please read the paper specifications carefully.
Be sure to use parenthetical documentation or footnotes to fully document ideas that are not your own and be sure to attach a ‘List of Works Cited’ including all URL’s used to research the topic.
TOPICS:
1) Trace the historical events in the Napster music file-sharing case of the 90’s. Please comment as to whether you feel music file-sharing should be legal or not.
2) The Digital Divide is the disparity between the information “haves” and the information “have-nots”. Discuss the current state of the Digital Divide. What is it and what are its global implications?
One online site that may help is: http://csilluminated.jbpub.com/3e/ethical_issues_chapter.cfm?chapter=1
3) Email Privacy: Research email privacy and present at least one argument for and one argument against the following:
As an employee of a company, that company has a right to monitor(and read) all email correspondence that takes place through the company’s server.
One online site that may help is: http://csilluminated.jbpub.com/3e/ethical_issues_chapter.cfm?chapter=4
4) Email Privacy: Research email privacy and present at least one argument for and one argument against the following:
In the interest of law enforcement and national security, governmental agencies and law enforcement should have the right to read your email?
One online site that may help is: http://csilluminated.jbpub.com/3e/ethical_issues_chapter.cfm?chapter=4
5) Computer Profiling:
What is it? How is it used (both by business marketers as well national security organizations)? Do you feel that it is a necessary evil? How do you feel about its legal and ethical implications?
7) Computer Crime:
What forms does it take, what law-enforcement efforts are being made to prevent it, and what kinds of punishments are currently being administered?
Note: These are just a few sample topics. Please feel free to submit your own social and ethical issues-related topic of interest, but please run it by me first for approval.
Report Specifications:
Please use one inch margins and size 12 font (can be double-spaced). Your report should be cogent, clear, well-organized, and free of spelling and grammar errors.
IMPORTANT NOTE: College policies with respect to academic honesty will be adhered to strictly. The work you do on this paper must be uniquely your own and instances of plagiarism are remarkably easy to detect. Be sure to phrase ideas in your own words and give credit to outside facts and sources via the documentation guidelines above. Anyone submitting plagiarized material will receive an ‘F’ on the assignment!
