Government College University, Faisalabad

MID Term Course

• What is Ethics?
o Importance of Ethics
o Ethics in Islam
o Professional Ethics
o Why professional ethics?
o Computer Ethics
o Categories of Computer Issues
o Moral and Ethical Problems
o Discuss Ethical Scenarios
• Ethical Principles
o Why People Act Unethically?
o Professional Ethics
o Ethics vs Feelings
o Ethics vs Religion
o Ethics vs Law
o Ethics vs “Whatever Society Accepts”
o Comparison Moral, Ethics, Law
o Commandments of Computer Ethics
o Discuss Different Scenarios
• Codes of Ethics
o IEEE - Code of Ethics
o ACM - Code of Ethics
o NSPE - Code of Ethics
• Problems with Professional Ethics
o Hacking, cracking and virus creation
o Awareness and Educational Issues regards Ethics
o Computing Ethics and Guidelines
• Philosophy of Ethics
o Foundation of Ethics  Metaphysics
o Epistemology  Axiology
 o Philosophy-Idealism  Philosophy-Naturalism
o Philosophy-Pragmatism  Philosophy-Existentialism
o Philosophy-Logical Analysis
Final Term Course
• Ethical use of Internet
• Intellectual Copy Right
o Patents
o Trademarks
o Domain Names
o Registered Designs
o Alternatives to copyrights
• Social Application of Rules and Ethics
o Ethical scenarios to use social networks
o Computer-Related Waste & Mistakes
o Computer Criminals
• Ethical Decision Making
o Value Judgment
o Rights vs. Duties
• Accountability and Auditing
o Need for Accountability
o Data Security
o Security benefits of Accountability
• Auditing
o Auditing Principles
o Auditing Benefits
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Course Outline by GCUF
Objectives:
A Computing graduate as professional has some responsibilities with
respect to the society. This course develops student understanding about
historical, social, economic, ethical, and professional issues related to the
discipline of Computing. It identifies key sources for information and opinion
about professionalism and ethics. Students analyze, evaluate, and assess
ethical and professional computing case studies.
Course Outline:
Introduction, Computing Ethics, Philosophy of Ethics, Ethics
and the Internet. Intellectual Copy Right, Accountability and
Auditing, Social Application of Ethics.