460-2053/01 – Nontechnical Aspects of IT Practice (NAIT)
Gurantor department | Department of Computer Science | Credits | 3 |
Subject guarantor | RNDr. Eliška Ochodková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | RNDr. Eliška Ochodková, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
After completing the course the students will be able to:
• To understand the basic cultural, social, legal, and ethical issues inherent in the discipline of computing.
• To understand where the discipline has been, where it is, and where it is heading.
• To understand their individual roles in this process, as well as appreciate the philosophical questions, technical problems, and aesthetic values that play an important part in the development of the discipline.
• To develop the ability to ask serious questions about the social impact of computing and to evaluate proposed answers to those questions.
• To anticipate the impact of introducing a given product into a given environment. Will that product enhance or degrade the quality of life? What will the impact be upon individuals, groups, and institutions?
• To be aware of the basic legal rights of software and hardware vendors and users, and they also need to appreciate the ethical values that are the basis for those rights.
• To understand the responsibility that they will bear, and the possible consequences of failure.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Summary
The goal of the subject is to expose the students to the larger societal context of computing to develop an understanding of the relevant social, ethical, legal and professional issues.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
BYNUM, Terrell: Computer and Information Ethics. 2011. [online] https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2011/entries/ethics-computer/
Van den Hoven, Jeroen, Blaauw, Martijn, Pieters, Wolter and Warnier, Martijn: Privacy and Information Technology. 2014. [online] https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/it-privacy/
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
• Two seminar papers on a given topic and their presentation.
• Percentage attendance at seminars and activity during seminars.
E-learning
Other requirements
There are no requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
• History of Computing.
• Ethics and the Professions
• Anonymity, Security, Privacy, and Civil Liberties
• Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology
• Social Context of Computing
• Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities
• Computer Crimes
• New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Virtualization and Virtual Reality, Cyberspace, Biometrics Technologies
• Ethical, Privacy, and Security Issues in the Online Social Network Ecosystem
• Mobile Systems and Their Intractable Social, Ethical and Security Issues
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction