Sara Baase, San Diego State University

Published December, 1996 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

Copyright 1997, 382 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-458779-0
$46.00

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This book provides in-depth discussion of how computers change established institutions and social conventions as well as how organizations and governments adapt to and attempt to control computer technology.

Its goal is to develop computer professionals who understand the implications of what they create and how it fits into society at large.

1. Unwrapping the Gift.
2. Privacy and Information.
3. Wiretapping and Encryption.
4. Can We Trust the Computer?
5. Protecting Software and Other Intellectual Property.
6. Constitutional (and Related) Issues.
7. Computer Crime.
8. Computers and Work.
9. Broader Issues on the Impact and Control of Computers.
10. Issues of Professional Ethics and Responsibilities.