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Ethics in computing : a concise module
Kizza J., Springer International Publishing, New York, NY, 2016. 276 pp. Type: Book (978-3-319291-04-8)
Date Reviewed: Jan 12 2017

Designed primarily for undergraduate students, this brief text satisfies the ACM/IEEE-CS Computer Science Curricula 2013 Social and Professional Practice. The author has admirably succeeded in creating a compact but comprehensive introductory treatise.

In a logical development, the 12 chapters proceed from moral and ethical analysis to an important treatment of “anonymity, security, privacy, and civil liberties,” intellectual property, social and software issues, crime, cyberbullying, new frontiers including artificial intelligence (AI), the social network ecosystem, and mobile systems.

Learning objectives are at the beginning of each chapter with scenarios, discussion items, exercises, and references. Additionally, there is a comprehensive index.

The book is quite readable, and its portable nature makes it easily carried in a backpack. At approximately one chapter per week, with time for the instructor to include some supplemental materials, it will nicely fit a semester course. However, any reader will find useful information for his or her self-education.

There are two other well-known options to consider for an undergraduate ethics course [1,2]; both are comparable in length to Kizza’s book.

Reviewer:  Brad Reid Review #: CR144995 (1704-0225)
1) Bynum, T. W.; Rogerson, S. (Eds.) Computer ethics and professional responsibility. Wiley-Blackwell, Malden, MA, 2003.
2) Johnson, D. G. Computer ethics (4th ed.). Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2009.
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