CSCI 151

CSCI 151: LAB 2 - Computer Ethics Component

Part I: Ethics Quiz Monday

Part I: Ethics Quiz Wed
Answer all questions and send your answers by e-mail to ykortsarts@mail.widener.edu
YOU MUST FINISH THIS PART by 2:30 PM

PART II: Paper Reading and In Class Presentations

ARTICLE SUMMARY GOALS:

Identify issues/problems presented in the article and explain their relevance/importance to various stakeholders.
Identify the proposed solutions/conclusions presented in the article; explain their relation to the issues/problems discussed and the consequences of non-action.
Identify the imperatives from the ACM Code of Ethics that relate to the issues discussed in the article.
Present an informed opinion on the ethical issues/solutions discussed in the article and defend the opinion using sound reasoning.

ASSIGNMENT:

Students read a given article and prepare a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the article and identifying the ethical issues involved. The presentation must include a statement of the student's personal opinion on the article.

IMPLEMENTATION

Each team will read a research paper from ACM digital library related to the topic of Computer Ethics

Each team will design 5-6 Power Point slides that will include the following:

Title and Author of the Paper and the Short Summary of the Paper
List of issues/problems presented in the article and explaination of their relevance/importance to various stakeholder
List of the proposed solutions/conclusions presented in the article; explaination of their relation to the issues/problems discussed and the consequences of non-action.
List of the imperatives from the ACM Code of Ethics that relate to the issues discussed in the article.
Your personal informed opinion on the ethical issues/solutions discussed in the article. You must defend your opinion using sound reasoning.
Quiz: 3-4 questions to assess understanding of your presentation by the peers

Power Point are due by 3:50 PM by e-mail to ykortsarts@mail.widener.edu (if nedeed, extension option would be provided)

In Class Presentations will be held in class the following lab

List of the Teams and Links to the papers

Paper 1: Privacy and Security Why Isn't Cyberspace More Secure? Privacy and Security Why Isn.t Cyberspace More Secure? Joel F. Brenner
Paper 2: Spam and the ongoing battle for the inbox, J. Goodman, Gordon Cormack, David Heckerman
Paper 3: Piracy, computer crime, and IS misuse at the university, Timothy Paul Cronan, C. Bryan Foltz, Thomas W. Jones
Paper 4: Why spyware poses multiple threats to security, Roger Thompson
Paper 5: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SECURITY BY RYAN WEST
Paper 6: How men and women view ethics, Jennifer Kreie, Timothy Paul Cronan
Paper 7: War 2.0: cyberweapons and ethics, Patrick Lin California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Fritz Allhoff Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Neil C. Rowe U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
Paper 8: Why computer scientists should care about cyber conflict and U.S. national security policy, Herbert Lin National Academies
Paper 8: The challenges of privacy by design, Sarah Spiekermann Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
Paper 9: A comparative study of cyberattacks, Seung Hyun Kim National University of Singapore Qiu-Hong Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Johannes B. Ullrich The SANS Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Paper 10: Policing the future, Samuel Greengard West Linn, OR

Paper 11: Cyberwarfare: connecting the dots in cyber intelligence, Sanjay Goel University at Albany, SUNY

ASSESSMENT

Problem discussed in the Paper: Addresses goal (1)

Identifies at least one problem/issue; fails to address relevance/importance.

4:	Identifies most problems/issues discussed; clearly and thoroughly explains their relevance/importance to various stakeholders.
3:	Identifies one or two problems/issues; clearly and thoroughly explains their relevance/importance to a primary stakeholder.
2:	Identifies one or two problems/issues; explains relevance/importance to a primary stakeholder, but explanation is brief and incomplete.
1:	Identifies at least one problem/issue; fails to address relevance/importance.
0:	Fails to identify the primary problem/issue.

Solutions proposed in the Paper: Addresses goal (2)

4:	Identifies most solutions/conclusions presented, clearly and thoroughly explains how they relate to problems/issues discussed and consequences of non-action
3:	Identifies at least one solution/conclusion and clearly and thoroughly explains how it relates to the problems/issues
2:	Identifies at least one solution/conclusion but includes only minimal explanation
1:	Identifies at least one solution/conclusion but provides no explanation
0:	Fails to discuss any solution/conclusion.

ACM CODE OF ETHICS IMPERATIVES: Addresses goal (3)

4:	Identifies most relevant imperatives from the ACM Code of Ethics; clearly and thoroughly explains how the imperatives are violated or upheld
3:	Identifies at least two relevant imperatives; clearly and thoroughly explains how the imperatives are violated or upheld
2:	Identifies at least two relevant imperatives but includes only minimal explanation
1:	Identifies at least one relevant imperative but provides no explanation
0:	Fails to identify any relevant imperatives