Ethics And Technology

Tavani-ffirst.indd 4 10/27/2015 5:22:43 PM FIFTH EDITION ETHICS AND TECHNOLOGY Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing HERMAN T. TAVANI Rivier University Tavani-ffirst.indd 1 10/27/2015 5:22:43 PM VP AND EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER SENIOR ACQUISITIONS EDITOR ASSOCIATE DEVELOPMENT EDITOR MARKET SOLUTIONS ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER PROJECT SPECIALIST PROJECT ASSISTANT MARKETING MANAGER ASSISTANT MARKETING MANAGER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR PRODUCTION EDITOR PHOTO RESEARCHER COVER PHOTO CREDIT Donald Fowley Bryan Gambrel Jennifer Lartz Jessy Moor Gladys Soto Nichole Urban Emily Meussner Daniel Sayre Puja Katariwala Kevin Holm Loganathan Kandan Nicholas Olin © agsandrew/Getty Images, Inc. This book was set in 10/12 Times Ten LT Std Roman by SPi Global and printed and bound by Lightning Source, Inc. Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has been a valued source of knowledge and understanding for more than 200 years, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Our company is built on a foundation of principles that include responsibility to the communities we serve and where we live and work. In 2008, we launched a Corporate Citizenship Initiative, a global effort to address the environmental, social, economic, and ethical challenges we face in our business. Among the issues we are addressing are carbon impact, paper specifications and procurement, ethical conduct within our business and among our vendors, and community and charitable support. For more information, please visit our website: www.wiley.com/go/citizenship. Copyright © 2016, 2013, 2011, 2007, 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per‐copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923 (Web site: www.copyright.com). Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030‐5774, (201) 748‐6011, fax (201) 748‐6008, or online at: www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Evaluation copies are provided to qualified academics and professionals for review purposes only, for use in their courses during the next academic year. These copies are licensed and may not be sold or transferred to a third party. Upon completion of the review period, please return the evaluation copy to Wiley. Return instructions and a free of charge return shipping label are available at: www.wiley.com/go/returnlabel. If you have chosen to adopt this textbook for use in your course, please accept this book as your complimentary desk copy. Outside of the United States, please contact your local sales representative. ISBN: 978-1-119-23975-8 (PBK) ISBN: 978-1-119-22415-0 (EVALC) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Tavani, Herman T., author. Ethics and technology : controversies, questions, and strategies for ethical computing / Herman T. Tavani, Rivier University.—Fifth edition. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-119-23975-8 (pbk.) 1. Computer networks—Moral and ethical aspects. I. Title. TK5105.5.T385 2016 174’ 9004678—dc23 2015031994 Printing identification and country of origin will either be included on this page and/or the end of the book. In addition, if the ISBN on this page and the back cover do not match, the ISBN on the back cover should be considered the correct ISBN. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1