Module 2 Questions
1. This is about the student handbook on computing for the students of Virginia
University (Please surf for it). Read and understand their handbook .
If you are to become a part of the VSU team who will formulate a handbook like that of Virginia University, give at least 2 policies that you want to be implemented in VSU or even just for CS students like you, regarding computing . Also include sanction or sort of punishment to those who will violate the said policy.
Policy 1: Responsible Use of the WiFi Connection in the Department of Computer Science And Technology
The WiFi connection of the Department of Computer Science And Technology should be for exclusive use by BSCS students and the faculty members of the said department only. The password for the WiFi connection must not be divulged to students and faculties not belonging to the department.
Sanction: Anyone who will violate this policy will be fined Php500 for the first offense and an additional Php500 for every repetition of the said offense thereafter.
Policy 2: Responsible Use of Internet Bandwidth in the Department of Computer Science and Technology
The Internet connection of the Department of Computer Science and Technology must only be for educational and departmental use only. It must never be used for downloading and/or browsing items unrelated and unimportant to the department and the conduct of its purposes. Downloading and browsing videos, images, and any files not in lieu with department's duties and responsibilities must never be tolerated.
Sanction: Anyone who will violate this policy will be fined Php500 for the first offense, Php1000 for the second offense, and Expulsion or a grade of 5.0 for students. Employees of the department and of the university who violates this policy will be fined Php1000 for the first offense, Php2000 for the second offense, and for the third offense will be dishonorably discharged from the department and the university.
2. According to the definition of ethics, it can be connected to the norms or custom of the society. What could be ethical to one could be unethical to another. If this is the case, in which ethics seem to be subjective in nature, why is there a need to study computer ethics at all? Support your opinion with facts.
The Internet as a different type of communication, and having new parameters poses a need for a certain level of code of conduct among those who use it in order for the communication to be coherent, productive, and meaningful.
According to the website http://www.cs.bgsu.edu/, the importance of studying computer ethics can be summed up in six levels, where level 1 is the weakest and level 6 the strongest point. The levels state as follows:
Level 1 We should study computer ethics because doing so will make us behave like responsible professionals.
At worst, this type of rationale is a disguised call for moral indoctrination. At best, it is weakened by the need to rely on an elusive connection between right knowledge and right conduct. This is similar to the claim that we should study religion because that will cause us to become more spiritual. For some people, perhaps it may, but the mechanism is not reliable.
Level 2 We should study computer ethics because doing so will teach us how to avoid computer abuse and catastrophes.
Reports by Parker, Neumann, Forester and Morrison leave little doubt that computer use has led to significant abuse, hijinks, crime, near catastrophes, and actual catastrophes. The question is: Do we get a balanced view of social responsibility merely by examining the profession's dirty laundry? Granted, a litany of computer "horror stories" does provide a vehicle for infusing some ethical content into the study of computer science and computer engineering. Granted, we should all work to prevent computer catastrophe.
Level 3 We should study computer ethics because the advance of computing technology will continue to create temporary policy vacuums.
Long-term use of poorly designed computer keyboards, for example, exposes clerical workers to painful, chronic, and eventually debilitating repetitive stress injury. Clearly employers should not require workers to use equipment that will likely cause them serious injury. The question is: What policies should we formulate to address problems of long-term keyboard use? New telephone technology for automatic caller identification creates a similar policy vacuum. It is not immediately obvious what the telephone company should be required to do, if anything, to protect the privacy of callers who wish to remain anonymous.
Level 4 We should study computer ethics because the use of computing permanently transforms certain ethical issues to the degree that their alterations require independent study.
I would argue, for example, that many of the issues surrounding intellectual property have been radically and permanently altered by the intrusion of computer technology. The simple question, "What do I own?" has been transformed into the question, "What exactly is it that I own when I own something?" Likewise, the availability of cheap, fast, painless, transparent encryption technology has completely transformed the privacy debate. In the past, we worried about the erosion of privacy. Now we worry about the impenetrable wall of computer-generated privacy afforded to every criminal with a computer and half a brain.
Level 5 We should study computer ethics because the use of computing technology creates, and will continue to create, novel ethical issues that require special study.
Level 6 We should study computer ethics because the set of novel and transformed issues is large enough and coherent enough to define a new field.
3. There are 4 types of non-jural law. Divine, natural, moral and physical. If you are to practice just one type of the non-jural law for the entire existence of your life, what would it be and why?
If I am to practice just one type of non-jural law for the entire existence of my life, it would be Natural Law. I chose Natural Law because it is the law that is easiest to follow since it is believed to be already innate in human beings. It being innate to us, humans, will surely be the most appropriate law for me to live a law-abiding life. Furthermore, man by nature is a rational being which means that by reason alone we have the ability to pinpoint right from wrong. Since being rational is innate to humans and that Natural Law is also inherent to us, then it is to my belief that these alone will be enough for me to live the "good life."
University (Please surf for it). Read and understand their handbook .
If you are to become a part of the VSU team who will formulate a handbook like that of Virginia University, give at least 2 policies that you want to be implemented in VSU or even just for CS students like you, regarding computing . Also include sanction or sort of punishment to those who will violate the said policy.
Policy 1: Responsible Use of the WiFi Connection in the Department of Computer Science And Technology
The WiFi connection of the Department of Computer Science And Technology should be for exclusive use by BSCS students and the faculty members of the said department only. The password for the WiFi connection must not be divulged to students and faculties not belonging to the department.
Sanction: Anyone who will violate this policy will be fined Php500 for the first offense and an additional Php500 for every repetition of the said offense thereafter.
Policy 2: Responsible Use of Internet Bandwidth in the Department of Computer Science and Technology
The Internet connection of the Department of Computer Science and Technology must only be for educational and departmental use only. It must never be used for downloading and/or browsing items unrelated and unimportant to the department and the conduct of its purposes. Downloading and browsing videos, images, and any files not in lieu with department's duties and responsibilities must never be tolerated.
Sanction: Anyone who will violate this policy will be fined Php500 for the first offense, Php1000 for the second offense, and Expulsion or a grade of 5.0 for students. Employees of the department and of the university who violates this policy will be fined Php1000 for the first offense, Php2000 for the second offense, and for the third offense will be dishonorably discharged from the department and the university.
2. According to the definition of ethics, it can be connected to the norms or custom of the society. What could be ethical to one could be unethical to another. If this is the case, in which ethics seem to be subjective in nature, why is there a need to study computer ethics at all? Support your opinion with facts.
The Internet as a different type of communication, and having new parameters poses a need for a certain level of code of conduct among those who use it in order for the communication to be coherent, productive, and meaningful.
According to the website http://www.cs.bgsu.edu/, the importance of studying computer ethics can be summed up in six levels, where level 1 is the weakest and level 6 the strongest point. The levels state as follows:
Level 1 We should study computer ethics because doing so will make us behave like responsible professionals.
At worst, this type of rationale is a disguised call for moral indoctrination. At best, it is weakened by the need to rely on an elusive connection between right knowledge and right conduct. This is similar to the claim that we should study religion because that will cause us to become more spiritual. For some people, perhaps it may, but the mechanism is not reliable.
Level 2 We should study computer ethics because doing so will teach us how to avoid computer abuse and catastrophes.
Reports by Parker, Neumann, Forester and Morrison leave little doubt that computer use has led to significant abuse, hijinks, crime, near catastrophes, and actual catastrophes. The question is: Do we get a balanced view of social responsibility merely by examining the profession's dirty laundry? Granted, a litany of computer "horror stories" does provide a vehicle for infusing some ethical content into the study of computer science and computer engineering. Granted, we should all work to prevent computer catastrophe.
Level 3 We should study computer ethics because the advance of computing technology will continue to create temporary policy vacuums.
Long-term use of poorly designed computer keyboards, for example, exposes clerical workers to painful, chronic, and eventually debilitating repetitive stress injury. Clearly employers should not require workers to use equipment that will likely cause them serious injury. The question is: What policies should we formulate to address problems of long-term keyboard use? New telephone technology for automatic caller identification creates a similar policy vacuum. It is not immediately obvious what the telephone company should be required to do, if anything, to protect the privacy of callers who wish to remain anonymous.
Level 4 We should study computer ethics because the use of computing permanently transforms certain ethical issues to the degree that their alterations require independent study.
I would argue, for example, that many of the issues surrounding intellectual property have been radically and permanently altered by the intrusion of computer technology. The simple question, "What do I own?" has been transformed into the question, "What exactly is it that I own when I own something?" Likewise, the availability of cheap, fast, painless, transparent encryption technology has completely transformed the privacy debate. In the past, we worried about the erosion of privacy. Now we worry about the impenetrable wall of computer-generated privacy afforded to every criminal with a computer and half a brain.
Level 5 We should study computer ethics because the use of computing technology creates, and will continue to create, novel ethical issues that require special study.
Level 6 We should study computer ethics because the set of novel and transformed issues is large enough and coherent enough to define a new field.
3. There are 4 types of non-jural law. Divine, natural, moral and physical. If you are to practice just one type of the non-jural law for the entire existence of your life, what would it be and why?
If I am to practice just one type of non-jural law for the entire existence of my life, it would be Natural Law. I chose Natural Law because it is the law that is easiest to follow since it is believed to be already innate in human beings. It being innate to us, humans, will surely be the most appropriate law for me to live a law-abiding life. Furthermore, man by nature is a rational being which means that by reason alone we have the ability to pinpoint right from wrong. Since being rational is innate to humans and that Natural Law is also inherent to us, then it is to my belief that these alone will be enough for me to live the "good life."
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