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The IT Industry

Virtues and Vices of Open Source

An analysis of the ethical issues surrounding free software.
Eben Moglen

Unavoidable Ethical Questions About Open Source

Issues confronting the free software movement include how best to promote innovation and the common good.

Ethics and Politics of Search Engines

Transcript of a panel discussing privacy, censorship, fairness, and access issues related to search engines.
Peter Norvig, Terry Winograd, Geoffrey Bowker, Kir

The Case of the X979 Jumpstart

This fictional case study asks us to consider the ethical boundaries involved in intellectual property.
Peter A. Facione

Taking Responsibility for E-Waste

Environmental damage from computer and other electronic waste.
Chad Raphael

Unanticipated Consequences of Technology

An investigation of the ubiquitous phenomenon of unanticipated consequences. Concludes with ethical implications of acting when consequences will occur.
Tim Healy

FAQs: Illegal Software Use

Ethics and software piracy.
Terry Shoup

Treatment of Emplolyees in High-Tech Start-Ups

Weakness rather than evil accounts for many instances of unethical behavior.
Denis J. Moberg