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IS1103 COMPUTING & SOCIETY Semester 1, AY 2011/12

Course Objectives

develop an awareness of the social, ethical & legal issuessurrounding the use of IT

understand how IT interacts with society

heighten your sensitivity to ethical issues faced by IT

professionals and users

learn and apply the conceptual tools and analytical skillsfor responding to an ethical situation

concepts of ethics

professionalism

privacy

copyrights

intellectual property

surveillance

crime

freedom of expression

democracy

environmentcyber-bullying

hacking

viruses

spam

social networks

work life

organizations

digital divide

pornography

government

security

p2p mobile

commerce

addiction

piracy

culture

policy

media

telecommuting

cyber-warfare

cyber-stalking

phishing

laws

patents

anonymity

freedom of speech

net neutrality

censorship

regulationP2P NETWORKS

MOBILE PHONES

SOCIAL NETWORKS

E-VOTING

INDIVIDUALS GROUPS ORGANIZATIONS SOCIETIES INDUSTRIES NATIONS GLOBAL

SOCIAL ANALYSIS

RESPONSIBILITIES

QUALITY OF LIFE

POWER

RISK

PROPERTY

PRIVACY

ACCESS

HONESTY

E T H I C A L A N A L Y S I S

TECHNOLOGIES



Teaching Staff

ANAND RAMCHANDCoordinator / Lecturer

TONG YULecturer

XU LINGLING Tutor

anand @ comp.nus.edu.sg 6516-2990 / COM2, #02-44

tongyu @ comp.nus.edu.sg 6516-4290 / COM2, #02-48

disxl @ nus.edu.sg 6516-2912 / COM2, #02-49

Teaching Modes

“Sectional” teaching

interactive lecture delivery

small group discussions & exercises

Weekly:

Group 1: Mon 9-12 (SR3) - Can you move to Group 2 or 3?

Group 2: Fri 9-12 (iCube SR)

Group 3: Tue 9-12 (iCube SR)

Grading

40% - (Individual) Final Exam

10% - (Individual) Participation

15% - (Group) Participation

25% - (Group) Assignment

10% - (Group) Blog

Group Work - Assignment

Choose one:

Term paper - deep exploration, critical evaluation, extend existing work

Social Innovation Design - novel design & impact analysis

Video Project - self-exploration, social impact

Milestones: Mid term and End of term



Group Work - Blogging

set up your group blog at http://blog.nus.edu.sg/

guidelines:

only post things you want the world to see

cite your references

doesn’t need to be only plain text

choose a specific area to focus, or maybe not coordinate as a group

each person must blog 4 times (at least)

Relevant - bare minimum, irrelevant posts won’t get any score.

Descriptive - description of current state ofaffairs

Analytical - draws a logical sound conclusion

Normative - identifies ethical principles and values being affected, evaluates effect, claims of good/bad and ethical justification

Multi-Perspective - considers different perspectives involved before making claims

Engaged - demonstrates thorough involvement

Textbook

Ethics for the Information Age4th Edition (International)Michael J. Quinn9780132134859Pearson

Your Role

See the bigger picture

Read, write, reflect, appreciate

Ask the serious questions, evaluate the answers



Policies

Be active, engage us!

Plagiarism and cheating

Attend these sessions, come prepared, read after

Practice tolerance

Handout schedule

Keep the term break holy http://emodule.nus.edu.sg/ac/

Term Schedule

Week 1: No class

Week 2: [1] This

Week 3: [2] Ethics

Week 4: No class

Week 5: [3] Professional Ethics

Week 6: [4] IT at Work

Recess: No class

Week 7: [5] IT Crime

Week 8: [6] Security & Privacy

Week 9: [7] Property Rights

Week 10: [8] Freedoms

Week 11: [9] Topical

Week 12: [10] Global Issue,Course Conclusion

Online

blog.nus.edu.sg / is1103

twitter.com / nusis1103

ivle.nus.edu.sg



OLPC

Lecture 1: Ubiquity of ICT 1

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Kline, S. J. (2003). What is technology? In R. C. Scharff

and V. Dusek (eds.), Philosophy of Technology: The

Technological Condition (pp. 210-212).

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IS1103 L01 – Ubiquity

Exercise

Consider the following argument about technology development and use: “Technologies

develop independent of society and social forces – their development follows scientific

discoveries, and one development generally builds upon the previous one, like an

‘evolution of technology’. Technologies are created by inventors and engineers, all that

matters are the materials and processes that they are dealing with.

When technologies are adopted and used by society, they change the character of that

society. They change the social arrangements and patterns of social behavior. Forexample, when a country adopts the Internet, it is a matter of time before democracy will

become prevalent in that society. Individuals will have access to the information on the

Internet and will want democratic social institutions. Technology will determine the

social structure of the country.”

To what extent do you agree with this view of technology development and use?

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