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ITETHICBook: Cyber EthicsBook Chapter: Chapter 1: The Internet, Ethical Values, and Conceptual FrameworksAuthor: Terrell Ward Bynum: Ethics and the Information RevolutionLearning Expectations:To understand the first chapter of the cyber ethics.Quote:“Computing technology is the most powerful and most flexible technology ever devised. For this reason,computing is changing everything- where and how we work, where and how we learn, shop, eat, vote,receive medical care, spend free time, make war, make friends, make love”Book Review:In the first chapter of Book1 of Cyber Ethics tells us the brief start of how cyber or computer ethics wasformed. The first part of the book explains on how computer can be abused and be misused by peoplenowadays. The book discusses first on the information revolution, information technology and humanvalues, computer ethics: some historical milestones, from 1940’s to 1990’s, redefining the field of computer ethics by Walter Maner, Deborah Johnson, James Moor, Terrell ward Bynum, DonaldGotterbarn, the sample topics in computer ethics (such as computers in the workplace, computersecurity, software ownership, professional responsibility), the global information ethics (such as globallaws, global cyber business, global education, information rich and information poor), and lastly thefuture of computer ethics is being discussed in the book.From what I’ve understand in the book is that technology and information today is considered as auniversal tool. Because it becomes part of or daily life and it help us make our work easier with that kindof information and technology. We must not abuse it by doing bad things that can affect ourenvironment. We must use it properly so that the flow of information is truth and does not contain liesthat can affect our future.What I’ve learned:I’ve learned that by using the right type of information can improve our future generation.Integrative Questions:

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When are the historical milestones of computer ethics?

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What are the five aspects of computer ethics?

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What are the four professional responsibilities?

ITETHICBook: Cyber EthicsBook Chapter: Chapter 1: The Internet, Ethical Values, and Conceptual FrameworksAuthor: Deborah G. Johnson: Ethics On-LineLearning Expectations:To understand the relation of this chapter on the previous chapters and to understand its concepts.Quote:“Our only hope is for individuals to internalize norms of behavior. That is how most behavior iscontrolled off-line. Individuals implicitly understand that certain behavior is unacceptable, undesirable,or inappropriate, and they act accordingly”Book Review:In the second chapter of Book1 of Cyber Ethics tells us that the World Wide Web is being usedfrequently by different people. The book discusses first on the special characteristics of communicationin networks (such as scope, anonymity, reproducibility,) and lastly anonymity is classified in parts (suchas diminished trust, variety and consent).Based by the author Deborah Johnson the paper was shortened. In the book the author explained eachof the characteristics of communication in networks. The scope she means that we have to authorizepeople on the world wide web, the anonymity means that in the word wide web the people enjoys thattheir personal identity is not known or not shown so some people abuse that power to expressthemselves to harm other people, and lastly the reproducibility means that in the world wide webpeople can copy or use your personal image or information to harm other people and especially theowner.What I’ve learned:I’ve learned that we must be careful on the information that we put on the World Wide Web and it iswrong to use a fake personality to harm other people.Integrative Questions:

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What are the three characteristics of communication in networks?

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What are the three reasons that cause problem to the anonymity?

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What are the three general rules of on-line ethics?

ITETHICBook: Cyber EthicsBook Chapter: Chapter 1: The Internet, Ethical Values, and Conceptual FrameworksAuthor: James H. Moor: Reason, Reactivity, and Responsibility in computer ethicsLearning Expectations:To understand the relation of this chapter on the previous chapters and to understand its concepts.Quote:“The prospects of a global village in which everyone on the planet is connected to everyone else withregard to computing power and communication is breathtaking. What is difficult to comprehend is whatimpact this will have on human life”Book Review:In the third chapter of Book1 of Cyber Ethics tells us that the computers today are like a big helpinghand that helps us to hasten our daily work and it is flexible on any problems that we encounter on adaily basis. The book discusses first on the searching for ethics in the global village, logical malleabilityand informational enrichment, the special nature of computer ethics, reasons within relativeframework, the core values, the responsibility, the resolution, and lastly the residue.From what I’ve learned the book tells us that like the computers it is flexible it is being used to help ushasten out work. The computer is based on the computer ethics that we need it to hasten our work, tokeep us on the right track in daily life basis.What I’ve learned:I’ve learned that like computers we must use computer ethics properly.Integrative Questions:

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What are the six policies of a web site?

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What are the two parts of computer ethics?