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 and the High Tech Law Institute, the programs look at cutting-edge technologies and the challenges they raise:
Privacy by Design: An Engineering Ethics Perspective
Jan. 23, 2013
Speakers
- Ben Adida, director of identity, Mozilla
- Brian Kennish, co-founder, Disconnect
- Arvind Narayanan, assistant professor of computer science, Princeton
- Irina Raicu, Internet ethics program manager, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Video from the event
A Conversation with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
Sept. 20, 2012
Speaker
More information on the event
Hacking, Ethics, and the Future of Internet Security
April 9, 2012
Speaker
More information on the event
Podcast of this event
Social Networks, the Death of Privacy, and a Constitution for Facebook Nation
Mar. 8, 2012
Speaker
- Lori Andrews, author of I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy
More information on the event
Summary of "I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did"
A Conversation With Craig Newmark
January 24, 2012
Speaker
- Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and craigconnects
Summary and Video
Kiva: Eliminating Poverty Through Microfinance
November 9, 2011
Speaker
- Matt Flannery, cofounder and CEO, Kiva
Summary and Video
My Life as an Engineer: The Search for Integrity
April 19, 2011
Speaker
- Adobe co-founder Charles (Chuck) Geschke
Video of the event
Play When Reality is Broken: Videogames and the Recovery of the Future
January 24, 2011
Speaker
- Jane McGonigal, author of "Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Happy and How They Can Change the World" (Penguin 2011) and director of game research and development for the Institute for the Future
Video of the event
Twitter: An Insider's View
October 5, 2010
Speaker
- Alexander Macgillivray, General Counsel, Twitter Inc.
Video of the presentation
What the Surprising Failure of Data Anonymization Means for Law and Policy
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Speaker
- Paul Ohm, Associate Professor of Law University of Colorado Law School
Commentary by
- Cynthia Dwork, Principal Researcher, Microsoft
- Chad Raphael, Associate Professor of Communication, Santa Clara University
Podcast of Paul Ohm's presentation
Privacy Protections for Patient-Empowered Care
January 20, 2010
Speaker
- Deven McGraw, Director of the Health Privacy Project – Center for Democracy
- Paul Tang, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer – Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Event page
Minds for Sale: Ubiquitous Human Computing and the Future of the Internet
October 19th, 2009
Speaker
- Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School; Co-Founder, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Blogs on "Minds for Sale"
Protecting Personal Identities Online
January 28th, 2009
Speaker
- Erika Rottenberg, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of LinkedIn
Information Technology Policy and the Next American President
Speaker and Respondents
October 28th, 2008
- 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
May 15th, 2008
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
October 2nd, 2007
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
May 14th, 2007
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
March 26th, 2007
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
August 23rd, 2006
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
May 16th, 2006
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
February 27th, 2006
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
November 29th, 2005
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
Podcast
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