A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology 
A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology, 4e is ideal for courses in Computer Ethics and Computers and Society. It is also a useful reference for computer science professionals or anyone interested in learning more about computing technology and its overarching impact. Sara Baase explores the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the controversies they raise. With a computer scientist's perspective, and with historical context for many issues, she covers the issues students will face both as members of a technological society and as professionals in computer-related fields. A primary goal is to develop computer professionals who understand the implications of what they create and how it fits into society at large.
 
Table Of Contents
 
A Gift of Fire Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology
Contents
Preface
Scope of This Book
Changes for the Fifth Edition
Controversies
Our Points of View
Class Activities
Additional Sources
Feedback
Chapter 1 Unwrapping the Gift
1.1 The Pace of Change
1.2 Change and Unexpected Developments
1.3 Themes
1.4 Ethics
Chapter 2 Privacy
2.1 Privacy Risks and Principles
2.2 The Business and Social Sectors
2.3 The Fourth Amendment and Changing Technology
2.4 Government Systems
Social Security numbers58
A new U.S. national ID system
Real ID
Examples from other countries
2.5 Protecting Privacy: Technology and Markets
2.5.2 Encryption
2.6 Protecting Privacy: Theory, Rights, and Laws
2.7 Privacy Regulations in the European Union
3.1 The First Amendment and Communications Paradigmssts
3.3 Decisions about Legal but Objectionable Content
3.4 Leaking Sensitive Material
3.5 Anonymity
3.6 The Global Net: Censorship and Political Freedom3.7 Net Neutrality: Regulations or the Market?
Chapter 4 Intellectual Property
4.1 Principles and Laws
4.2 Significant Fair Use Cases and Precedents
4.3 Responses to Copyright Infringement
4.4 Search Engines and Online Libraries
4.5 Free Software
4.6 Patents for Software Inventions
Chapter 5 Crime and Security
5.1 Introduction
5.2 What is Hacking?
5.3 Some Specific Applications of Hacking
5.4 Why Is the Digital World So Vulnerable?
5.5 Security
5.6 The Law
5.7 Whose Laws Rule the Web?
Chapter 6 Work
6.1 Fears and Questions
6.2 Impacts on Employment
6.3 Changing Work Patterns: From Telecommuting to Gigs
6.4 A Global Workforce
6.5 Employee Communication and Monitoring by Employers
Chapter 7 Evaluating and Controlling Technology
7.1 Evaluating Information
7.2 Neo-Luddite Views of Computers, Technology, and Quality of Life
7.3 Digital Divides
7.4 Control of Our Devices and Data
7.5 Making Decisions About Technology
Chapter 8 Errors, Failures, and Risks
8.1 Failures and Errors in Computer Systems
8.2 Case Study: The Therac-25
8.3 Increasing Reliability and Safety
8.4 Dependence, Risk, and Progress
Chapter 9 Professional Ethics and Responsibilities
9.1 What Are “Professional Ethics”?
9.2 Ethical Guidelines for Computer Professionals
9.3 Scenarios
Appendix A The Software Engineering Code and the ACM Code
A.1 Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice*
A.2 ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct*
Index