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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"computer ethics"”.
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Challenging Robot Morality: An Ethical Debate on Humanoid Companions, Dataveillance, and Algorithms
… canons by shifting from moral concerns in Robot Ethics to data-related ethical concerns in Media and Surveillance Studies. I then move to wider debates on morality, agenthood, and agencies in Machine and Computer Ethics research, so as to highlight that social robots, other robots, machines, and …
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Ethics for artificial agents
Machine ethics is a nascent subfield of computer ethics that focuses on the ethical issues involved in the design of autonomous software agents ("artificial agents"). Chapter 1 of this thesis considers how best to understand the central projects of this new subfield, and reconstructs a prominent …
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Ethical decision-making processes among students in computing and implications for their professional development
… significantly due to the prevalent usage of computer-based technologies. The impact of these technologies necessitates development of professionals in the field who are aware of the consequences of their practice and capable to make ethical decisions. Developing ethical decision-making skills …
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Understanding the Ethical Aspects ofInformation Systems Development Practices
… interpretative research strategy in its study of ethics and information systems development practices. It consists of both theoretical elaboration on computer ethics and an empirical exploration of ethics in information systems development conduct. The thesis highlights a number of influential …
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Information and communication technology privacy and policies within organisations : an analysis from the perspective of the individual
… thesis explores new horizons within the field of computer ethics, and utilises qualitative research techniques not previously applied to this area of enquiry. The research techniques utilised have enabled an exploration of the lived experiences of the individuals within an organisational context. …
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On the Ethical Implications of Personal Health Monitoring
… institutions. By relating utilitarianism, virtue ethics and theories of surveillance to Habermas’ concept of colonisation of the lifeworld, a conceptual framework is created which can explain how PHM may be allowed to change medicine as a practice in an ethically problematic way. The framework …