Østfold College - Department of Informatics and Automation
Software Design

Notes: Ethics 1809 96

Ethics in the world about us:

• Religion: Moslem vs. Christian (fundamentalist/ultra-orthodox)
• State: Government/freedom - UN/patriots
• Political: Left - Right / Liberal - Conservative
• Society: Shifting scales in social equality (rich - poor)
• Political ecology: North - South / East - West
• Economics: Commercialism - Idealism

Theory

Etikk basert på strikt argumentasjon eller skjønn.
fra Etikk - en innføring, Kjelle Eyvind Johansen (red)
Cappelen, 1994

Practical application:

The Internet Ethic

• Internet Society
• GNU
• EFF, EFN (Norge)

The World-Wide Web

• PICS Platform for Internet Content

Professional ethics

Norske Arkitekters Landsforbunds Etiske Regler (NAL)

Copyright and intellectual property

International Copyright

• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Copyright Act of 1976, as amended (US)
• Copyright myths FAQ
• Copyright FAQ
• Intellectual Property Center

Norsk Åndsverkslov

• Lov om Åndsverk
• Institutt for Rettsinformatikk

Ethics in practice

NLS: "Nettikette prosjektet"

Part 2: WWW

Skills and crafts (JL)

• HTML, RFCs, and emerging standards
• Authoring
• Server administration