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This textbook examines the ethical, social, and policy challenges arising from our rapidly and continuously evolving computing technology-ranging from the Internet, over to the cross-platforms consisting of ubiquitous portable and wearable devices to the eagerly anticipated metaverse-and how we can responsibly access and use these spaces. The text emphasizes the need for a strong ethical framework for all applications of computer science and engineering in our professional and personal life.This comprehensive seventh edition features thoroughly revised chapters with new and updated content, hardened by the bedrock ethical and moral values. Because of the rapidly changing computing and telecommunication ecosystem, a new chapter on Ethics and Social Responsibility in the Metaverse has been added. The interface between our current universe and the evolving metaverse presents a security quagmire. The discussion throughout the book is candid and intended to ignite students' interest and participation in class discussions and beyond. Topics and features:Establishes a philosophical framework and analytical tools for discussing moral theories and problems in ethical relativismOffers pertinent discussions on privacy, surveillance, employee monitoring, biometrics, civil liberties, harassment, the digital divide, and discriminationDiscusses the security and ethical quagmire in the platforms of the developing metaverseProvides exercises, objectives, and issues for discussion with every chapterExamines the ethical, cultural and economic realities of mobile telecommunications, computer social network ecosystems, and virtualization technologyReviews issues of property rights, responsibility and accountability relating to information technology and softwareExplores the evolution of electronic crime, network security, and computer forensicsIntroduces the new frontiers of ethics: virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and the InternetThis extensive textbook/reference addresses the latest curricula requirements for understanding the cultural, social, legal, and ethical issues in computer science and related fields, and offers invaluable advice for industry professionals wishing to put such principles into practice

1. Morality and the Law -- 2. Ethics and Ethical Analysis -- 3. Ethics and the Professions -- 4. Anonymity, Security, Privacy, and Civil Liberties -- 5. Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology -- 6. Social Context of Computing -- 7. Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities -- 8. Computer Crimes -- 9. Cyberbullying, Cyberstalking and Cyber Harassment -- 10. Evolving Realities: Ethical and Secure Computing in the New Technological Spaces -- 11. Ethical, Privacy and Security Issues in Online Social Network Ecosystem -- 12. Virtualization, Virtual Reality and Ethics -- 13. Evolving Cyberspace: The Marriage of 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT) Technologies -- 14. Metaverse, the Evolving Realities and Ethics.

"This book examines how internet technology has become an integral part of our daily lives and as it does, the security of these systems is essential. With the ease of accessibility, the dependence to a computer has sky-rocketed, which makes security crucial"--Provided by publisher