Overview
- Provides broad overview of legal and ethical issues in computing
- Supplies relevant case studies
- Explores topics in terms of computing history
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science (UTICS)
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About this book
This textbook presents an overview of the critically important ethical and legal issues that arise in the computing field and provides a professional perspective from software engineering. The author gained exposure to these aspects of computing while working as a software engineer at Motorola in Ireland, where he coordinated the patent programme and worked with several software suppliers.
Topics and features:
- Presents a broad overview of ethics and the law
- Includes key learning topics, summaries, and review questions in each chapter, together with a useful glossary
- Discusses the professional responsibility of computer professionals
- Explores ethics in various civilisations and religious traditions
- Discusses ethical software engineering and ethical outsourcing
- Considers what is fair and ethical in data science
- Describes ethical challenges that arise in social media and the AI field
- Reviews intellectual property including patents, copyright and trademarks
This practical and easy-to-follow textbook/reference is ideal for computer science students seeking to understand legal and ethical aspects of computing. The text also serves as a concise self-study primer for software engineers and software managers.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“With this book, O’Regan efficiently addresses a wide range of ethical and legal issues in computing. It is well crafted, organized, and reader friendly, featuring many recent, relevant examples like tweets, fake news, disinformation, and artificial intelligence (AI), which are especially pertinent for undergraduate students.” (Michael Oudshoorn, Computing Reviews, October 17, 2024)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Gerard O'Regan is an international lecturer in Maths/Computing with research interests including software quality and software process improvement, mathematical approaches to software quality, and the history of computing. He is the author of such Springer titles as Introduction to the History of Computing, Introduction to Software Quality, Mathematics in Computing, and Mathematical Foundations of Software Engineering.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ethical and Legal Aspects of Computing
Book Subtitle: A Professional Perspective from Software Engineering
Authors: Gerard O'Regan
Series Title: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52664-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-52663-3Published: 24 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-52664-0Published: 23 March 2024
Series ISSN: 1863-7310
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1781
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 257
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour
Topics: Legal Aspects of Computing, The Computing Profession, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Business Ethics, Engineering Ethics