Journal Article

·2012 OPEN ACCESS

Scenarios for Computer Ethics Education

Serhat Bahadır Kert YTU , Çiğdem Uz YTU , Zeynep Gecü-Parmaksız YTU

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Abstract

In the modern society, finding effective solutions for ethical issues is harder than ever. Boundaries between good and bad are not so distinctive like black and white. Furthermore, when the issue is computer ethic, problems are being more complex than others. Considering that the complexity of computer ethic issues, in this study, very first steps of a scenario based online support system prepared in order to support ethical decision making processes were explained. During these steps, 20 different ethical scenarios regarding computer ethics were designed and sent to the academicians for having feedback. It can be thought that this paper is the first draft of a 22-month project.

Keywords

Computer ethics Order (exchange) Ethical issues Engineering ethics Information ethics Ethical decision White (mutation) Computer science Engineering Meta-ethics Business

Subject Areas

Social Work Education and Practice ·Public Administration ·Social Sciences
Ethics in medical practice ·General Health Professions ·Health Sciences
Ethics in Business and Education ·Information Systems and Management ·Social Sciences

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