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Summer 2004 |
Week Three Day Two |
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Summer 2004 |
Week Three Day Two |
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Topic: Legal & Ethical Issues Instructor: Jack
Lule On this page are the assignments for Thursday of Week Three. DEADLINES: You should have your assignments completed by Monday, June 7, at 7 p.m. REMINDER: Your research paper on a social or political issue raised by Internet research is due 7 p.m., June 10. The paper, 10 double-spaced pages, should be a well-documented work, with traditional and online sources. It should include a full bibliography. Many of the issues discussed today will be relevant. See more details at Grading. Legal & Ethical Issues Legal and ethical issues help us broaden considerably our study of Internet research. Even relatively skilled researchers fail to consider the legal and ethical dimensions of giving and receiving information on the Internet. Yet legal and ethical issues abound, including controversies over:
1) To understand these issues more in depth, please read a brief presentation on these issues: 2) To explore these issues further, I would like you to pay one focused visit to an important web site. I would like you to visit: The Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk Read about this important group. Go to their Resources section and pursue in depth some of the legal and ethical issues they are confronting. Send me an email detailing what you found.3) INTERNET PRIVACY Our readings and discussion bring up one of the most important legal issues on the Internet: privacy. I would like you to read selections from an important cover story in Business Week: "Privacy in an Age of Terror." The story discusses the conflict between government efforts to track terrorists and citizens' rights to privacy. A sidebar article, "No Place to Hide," lists some of the tools that governments can use against terrorists -- and you.You can also see a poll that charts what people thought about privacy soon after 9-11. I want you to send me an email message that responds to the Business Week stories. 4) Once you read and have thought about these issues, please go to our online discussion area at http://bb.lehigh.edu and talk about them. Share with your classmates: Is Internet privacy important? How far should the government go in protecting us against terrorism? If you have any questions, just email me at jack.lule@lehigh.edu.
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