CPSC 240: Computer Ethics

Fall, 3 week, 2007

Contact information:

Obie Slotterbeck: Best way to contact: obie@hiram.edu

Home phone: 330-274-2704 (voice mail)

Office phone (often fail to check): 330-569-5275 Office: C-111

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http://cs.hiram.edu/~obie/cs240-07

Textbook: Ethics for the Information Age, 2nd edition, by Michael J. Quinn, Addison Wesley, 2006, ISBN 0-321-37526-2

Syllabus : See Syllabus slides below.

Note: Additional readings outside of the textbook may be assigned.

1) The style is a recognized one. (See http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html )

2) You are consistent - i.e. do not mix styles.

3) You pay attention to the basic purpose of a citation, namely that the reader should be able to locate the original source.

Date	Readings	Slides	Possible Class Exercises	Homework - due the next class period. Use a word processor please	Comments
(background)	Chapter 1 (skim)				If you have had cpsc 171, you can skip this chapter
Thurs, 11/29	Chapter 2	Syllabus Chapter 2		Pg 97, #30, #36
Fri, 11/30	Chapter 3	Chapter 3	See chapter 2 slides -Senarios 1-6 Group Exercises on Chpt 3 Discussion Questions on Chpt 3	Pg 146+, #25, #29	Don't forget position paper info due Monday
Mon, 12/3	Chapter 4	Chapter 4
Tues, 12/4	Chapter 5	finish Chapter 4	Group Exercises on Chapt 4 Discussion Questions on Chpt 4	g 203+, #25,#33 (don't forget to give reasons for your decisions!)	Survey Questions Survey Responses
Fri, 12/7		Chapter 5	Group Exercises on Chapt 5 Discussion Questions on Chpt 5	pg 266+, #44, #51	Don't forget your annotated bibliography is due Monday (see slide 15 in Syllabus for details of how to do this.)
Mon, 12/10	Chapter 6	Chapter 6	Group Exercises on Chapter 6
Tues, 12/11				pg 315+ #26, #27, #30	Check out instructions for your solo presentation
Thurs, 12/13	Chapter 7	Chapter 7	Group Exercises on Chapter 7		Spam-Virus Stats