Ethical & Social Impact of Computing, SYCS 390
Professor: Dr. Kathleen M. Kaplan,
Dept. of Systems & Computer Science
This site is used in conjunction with the course.
There may be errors in this material, and it should not be used in
place of material given in the classes.
Quizzes:
- Quiz #1: 9/09/03
- Quiz #2: 9/25/03
Work Assigned:
- Aug. 28, 2003, Assignment #1, due: 9/2/03
- Sept. 9, 2003, Assignment #2, due: 9/16/03
- Oct. 3, 2003, Assignment #3, due: 10/07/03
- Oct. 23, 2003, Assignment #4, due: 10/28/03
Reading Assigned:
| Gift of Fire | I-Way Robbery |
|---|
| Chapter 1, 8/26/03 | Chapter 1, 8/26/03 |
| Chapter 6, 9/2/03 | Chapter 2, 9/09/03 |
| Chapter 2, 9/16/03 | Chapter 3, 9/16/03 |
| Chapter 3, 9/23/03 | Chapter 4, 9/23/03 |
| Chapter 4, 9/23/03 | Chapter 5, 9/23/03 |
Also, see handouts below!
Handouts:
- Day 1 handout, 8/26/03
- From Redesigning Creation, 9/4/03:
- Homo Economicus: Considerations in the
Commercialization of Body Tissue
- Owning Tissue: The Point
- Owning Tissue: The Counterpoint
- US Patent #4,438,032, Unique T-lymphocyte line and
products derived therefrom, 9/4/03
- All in one handout, 9/16/03:
- Art Without Cease, or Desist, 9/16/03
- Complaint to FTC Says Amazon.com Violates Children's
Privacy Law, 9/16/03
- Jury Rules Against EBay in Patent Suit, 9/16/03
- Free Mickey Mouse, 9/16/03
- Consider the High Cost of Plagiarism, 9/16/03
- All in one handout, 9/16/03:
- The Polygraph Test Meets Its Match, 9/16/03
- Molecule-Size Tramsistor, 9/16/03
- Saved by the Light, 9/16/03
- Implantable Brain Chips? Time for Debate, 9/16/03
- Syllabus, 10/3/03
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The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest, 10/14/03
To: Howard University web-site.
To: College of Engineering,
Architecture, and Computer Sciences web-site.
To:
Department of Systems and Computer Science web-site.
© Dr. Kathleen M. Kaplan 2003
Dr. Kathleen Kaplan, Howard University
Email: [email protected]