Professional Responsibility

Course Description

This course introduces the students to the legal, social, and ethical issues of information technology and use; information rights, property rights, liability, accountability, privacy, security, crime, ethical principles, codes of ethics, "the digital divide", role of PTTs, role of government, role of law enforcement, role of business and industry; professional conduct, social responsibility, and rigorous standards for software testing and reliability, students read, write, discuss, and present reports on these topics, fraud and abuse, electronic communication privacy, mail fraud, credit card abuse, privacy protection, copyright and patent statute, communication decency, law and computer, software engineering code of ethic, name dispute resolution policy.

Course ID: CIS 309