Ethics

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)Activism for civil liberties in issues such as internet censorship, internet governance, malicious interference.

Co-organizers of computer ethics conferences (EthiComp) and providers of social-impact advising to government and other groups. News. Resources. Discussions. Conferences listings.

Selected writings, resources, forums, case studies, syllabi, compiled at the Mississippi State University, College of Business and Industry.

Ethical and Political Issues in Search Engines, an article by Lawrence M.Hinman

Directory of links concerning many issues and topics related to computers and their use.

North Carolina State University, Department of Computer Science. An introduction and eight parts: Basic principles, privacy, speech issues (free speech), computer abuse, intellectual property, risks, commerce, social justice.

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Center for the Study of Ethics in the ProfessionsCodes of Ethics Online.

International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE)Academic website on information ethics. Platform for exchanging information about worldwide teaching and research in this field. News. Lists of institutions, teachers, and publications.

Electronic newsletter. Archives available.

Ethics and Intellectual Property Resources on the Web. (April 24, 1996)

Better Business Bureau (BBB)Code of Online Business Practices. Self-regulation tool to provide internet businesses with a means to foster consumer trust and confidence on the web.

Computer Society of India (CSI)The code of ethics for CSI members.

Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP96)Proceedings of the sixth conference hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the World Wide Web Consortium (w3c), held in March 1996. Archives are permanently available.

Hosted by the Computational Philosophy Laboratory and the Department of Philosophy, University of Pavia, Italy, 3 to 5 June 2004. Research topics cover many aspects of the computational turn that is occurring within the discipline of philosophy, including computers and ethics.