Category Archives: Homework

In what ways do the social network websites such as facebook violate the privacy of ingenuous teenagers ?

To what extent is it fair to say that America’s fashion industry is unprotected by intellectual property law because much of the industry and American consumers thrive on inexpensive knockoffs?

What role does gossip play in the social norms of Arab societies regarding femicide?

To what extent does artificial scarcity increase the value of digital goods, such as E-books and software programs?

How is the case of S.E.C. vs. Rorech significant in analyzing the effort put forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission in prosecuting culprits of insider trading?

How does Google’s methods of gathering information on the internet endanger the user’s privacy?

Given the growing epidemic of cyberbullying, what is the best way to ensure that it is prevented/reduced on social networking websites?

Browse these journals:

• Ethics and Information Techology
• Journal of Information Ethics
• International Review of Information Ethics
• Journal of Information, Communication, and Ethics in Society

Browse these websites:

• Research topics in the field of information ethics listed on the website of the International Review of Information Ethics
• Observatory Portal on the UN website
• Entry on “Computer and Information Ethics” in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Electronic Frontier Foundation