Markkula Center of Applied Ethics

Articles

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