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Our dependency on digital technology keeps growing. Do we understand the positives and negatives of being so dependent? This book helps everyone answer these questions through stories, pictures, and poems. It is a reflection on how to get the best out of digital technology, but not at the expense of others or of the world at large

"Digital technology is about people, about those who plan, develop, implement applications which other people use. It is about the impact on these people as well as on the world at large. This book takes a practical perspective to explore these impacts over time and discover ways in which to promote ethical digital technology through good practice"--

You will find in this book a fascinating critical analysis about digital technology from a humanistic perspective.... You will enjoy pictures, poems, stories, and quotations that should encourage self-reflection and community discussion about your real life, your digital life, and the role of technology in society..... This book is oriented towards anyone and everyone, breaking the academic and professional barriers thereby increasing universal awareness of the importance of the ethical concerns surrounding digital technology.--Mario Arias Oliva, Profesor Titular de Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Our dependency on digital technology keeps growing. Are we happy with this? Do we understand the positives and negatives of being so dependent? Imagine! Ethical Digital Technology for Everyone will help everyone to better understand these issues through the use of stories, pictures and poems which explore the world of digital technology. The aim is to demystify and encourage the reader to reflect on how to get the best out of digital technology, but not at the expense of others or of the world at large. This unique book has something for everyone regardless of age, background or technological awareness. It will help to give the reader the confidence to challenge societally unacceptable and promote societally beneficial digital technology offerings. The book is a meeting between technology and the creative arts as our lives become more and more technologically dependent. It aligns with the transition of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), which aims to promote creativity and curiosity. The book has four facets: short stories, quotations, pictures (many of which are schematics) and poetry about the social and ethical issues surrounding digital technology. Through a lens of creative arts, the book maps the evolution of digital technology from its infancy through to glimpses of the future. This includes many first-hand examples from the 1970s onwards. Alongside this account, surrounding ethical and social issues are portrayed. These two elements are synthesized to encourage thought about how the challenges of evolving digital technology can be met thus leading to social benefit for all of us.

Cover -- Guest editorial -- Global ethics for the digital age - flourishing ethics -- Virtue ethics, situationism and casuistry: toward a digital ethics beyond exemplars -- Four challenges to Confucian virtue ethics in technology -- Towards a political theory of data justice: a public good perspective -- Ethical challenges of researching emergent socio-material-technological phenomena: insights from an interdisciplinary mixed-methods project using mobile eye-tracking -- On the complexities of studying sensitive communities online as a researcher-participant.

1 IntroductionPart One -- Journey2 Cyberspace: The Ethical Frontier [1995]3 But IS IT ethical? [1995]4 Information ethics: the second generation [1996]5 A review of information ethics [2010]6 Towards a Chronological Taxonomy of Tourism Technology: an Ethical Perspective [2018]Part Two -- Process7 The ethics of software development project management [1996]8 An ethical review of information systems development: the Australian Computer Society's code of ethics and SSADM [2000]9 A practical perspective of information ethics [2001]10 Responsible Risk Assessment with Software Development: Creating the Software Development Impact Statement [2005]11 Information Systems Ethics -- Challenges and opportunities [2019]Part Three -- Product12 The social impact of smart card technology [1998]13 A moral approach to electronic patient records [2001]14 Internet Voting -- Well at least it's 'Modern' [2003]15 Digital Existence -- the Modern Way to Be [2018]16 Is professional practice at risk following the Volkswagen and Tesla revelations? [2017]17 The Dangers of Dual-Use Technology: A Thought Experiment Exposé [2019]18 Grey Digital Outcasts and COVID-19 [2020]Part Four -- Future19 E.Society -- Panacea or Apocalypse? [1998]20 The Virtual World: a tension between global reach and local sensitivity [2004]21 Future Vision [2015]Part Five -- Education22 Preparing to handle dilemmas in the computing profession [1996]23 Preparing IT professionals of the future [2014]24 Using Technology to Incorporate Students' Work-Based Experiences into a Blended Learning Environment [2008]25 Poetical potentials: the value of poems in social impact education [2020]26 Start a revolution in your head! The rebirth of ICT ethics education [2020] Part Six -- Conclusion27 Landscape for the future

Many authors have identified fears about a lack of personal privacy online as a major disincentive to the take‐up of e‐commerce by private consumers. The publication of a privacy policy is encouraged by information and communications technology industry groups such as the Online Privacy Alliance, and by online certification bodies such as TRUSTe. Privacy policies are taken to reassure the wary, and thereby to overcome the disincentive to trade. This paper offers an account of an ongoing research project into the practical measures taken by organisations to publish their online privacy policies. Late in 2000, a total of 113 disparate web sites were identified that included some kind of explicit privacy policy and the visibility and content of the policy was analysed. The primary research into privacy policies is set in context by relating it to a discussion of the nature and role of trustworthiness in online relationships. This highlights a number of issues that need further attention on the part of some of the organisations in the survey.

As part of the British government's efforts to fully operationalize electronic voting, Internet voting was implemented for local elections in 2002 & 2003, with the government determined to see the general election after next conducted likewise. Several key matters concerning Internet voting are considered to evaluate how close this system is to achieving the government's goal. Internet voting is fraught with far-ranging problems, & there are bases for fearing that the only ways to deal with these problems render the endeavor futile. The idea of replacing the simple use of pencil & paper with a more sophisticated method may be appealing, but it is important not to abandon a system that functions sufficiently in favor of one that is less adequate, simply because politicians wish to represent themselves as "modern.". 30 References. K. Coddon

The rapid advance of computer‐based technology has led to social policy vacuums. Most information systems development tools concentrate upon technical issues, and offer few if any guidelines that address the moral issues inherent in new application possibilities. It is argued that extension of such tools to include ethical and moral, human and environmental issues is possible. A good starting point is provided by mapping relevant clauses of professional codes of ethics upon each stage of the development methodology. We use as examples the Australian Computer Society Code of Ethics and the structured systems analysis and design method (SSADM).

In the 21st century, technology plays an important role to users, businesses and higher education to raise performance, productivity and endorse gratification. Technology usage increased collaboration, cooperation, and communication among users as easily as to recapture information, entertainment, marketing, political, health information and online shopping. Integrating Internet and social networking in businesses and higher education will improve business performance, productivity, students' personal and professional skills, as well to incorporate sustainability, corporate social responsibili