IT, Ethics, and Law
This ongoing series of panel discussions and lectures focuses on the ethical, social, and legal implications of information technologies. Co-sponsored by the Ethics Center, the Center for Science, Technology, and Society, and the High Tech Law Institute, the programs look at cutting-edge technologies and the challenges they raise;
Minds for Sale: Ubiquitous Human Computing and the Future of the Internet
Speaker
- Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School; Co-Founder, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Blogs on "Minds for Sale"
Protecting Personal Identities Online
Speaker
- Erika Rottenberg, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of LinkedIn
Information Technology Policy and the Next American President
Speaker and Respondents
- Larry Magid, CBS News technology analyst
- Geoffrey Bowker, executive director, SCU Center for Science, Technology, and Society
- Kirk O. Hanson, executive director, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Podcast
The World that Wikipedia Made
A panel discussion on technology, ethics, and the law in the Wikipedia editing model
Panelists
- Carl Hewitt, emeritus, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
- Pedro Hernández-Ramos, associate director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society.
Podcast
Trust Online
A conference exploring the technical, regulatory, social, and ethical issues in building sustained confidence in a global, virtual marketplace.
Keynotes
- Richard Clarke, national coordinator for security and counterterrorism, and special advisor to the president on cyber security
- Dave Cullinane, chief information security officer, eBay Inc.
Information
Podcast
The Present and Future of Social Networking
Speakers
- Marian Liu, multi-media entertainment critic for the San Jose Mercury News
- Jim Squires, vice president of products at Ning
- Kaitlin Thompson, SCU sophomore
- Shannon Vallor, assistant professor of philosophy, SCU
Transcript
Podcast
Virtues and Vices of Open Source
Speaker
- Eben Moglen, chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center and general council of the Free Software Foundation
Transcript
Podcast
Privacy and Security in a Wireless World
Panel on the ethical risks society may confront as municipalities begin to offer ubiquitous and possibly free access to the Internet
Information
Traces of Ourselves: The Ethics and Politics of Databases
Speakers
- Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corp. and president and chair of Open Source Applications Foundation
- John Arquilla, professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School
- S. Leigh Star, senior scholar at SCU's Center for Science, Technology, and Societ
- Kirk O. Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, panel moderator
Transcript
Podcast
The Ethics and Poltics of Search Engines
Speakers
- Peter Norvig, director of research, Google
- Terry Winograd, professor of computer science, Stanford University
- Geoffrey Bowker, executive director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society
- Kirk O. Hanson, executive director, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, moderator
- Introduced by S. Leigh Star, senior scholar, Center for Science, Technology, and Society
Transcript
Podcast
Video Gaming: Playing With Ethics
Speakers
- Leland Yee, California state assemblyman, author of a measure to prevent the sale of violent games to minors
- Mike Antonucci, tech writer, San Jose Mercury News
- Kristin Asleson McDonnell, CEO, LimeLife, a company that develops mobile phone games for women and girls
- Caroline Ratajski, SCU senior, computer engineering major, and video gamer
- Chad Raphael, professor of communication, moderator
- Introduced by S. Leigh Star, senior scholar, Center for Science, Technology, and Society
Transcript
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