Preface and Acknowledgements
The aim of this book is two-fold: (1) to describe some of the problems
;reated for society by computers and (2) to show how these problems
present ethical dilemmas for computer professionals and computer users.
The problems created by computers arise， in turn， from two main
~ources: from hardware and software mal]uncfiom and from misuse by
auman beings. We argue that computer systems by their very nature
Ire insecure， unreliable and unpredictable - and that society has yet to
:ome to terms with the consequences. We also seek to show how society
ias become l)ewly vulnerable to human misuse of computers in the form of
omputer crime， software theft， hacking， the creation of viruses， invasions
ff privacy， and so on.
Computer Ethics has evolved from our previous writings and in particular
ur experiences teaching two courses on the human and social context of
omputmg to computer science students at Griffith University. One lesson
ve quickly learned was that computer science students cannot be assumed
o possess a social conscience or indeed have much awareness of social
rends and global issues. Accordingly， these courses have been reshaped
a order to relate more closely to students career goals， by focusing on
he ethical dilemmas they will face in their everyday lives as computer
rofessionals.
Many college and university computer science courses are now including
or would like to include - an ethics component， but this noble objective
as been hampered by a lack of suitable teaching materials. Computer
thics has therefore been designed with teaching purposes in mind in an
Ffort to help rectify the shortage of texts. That is why we have included
umerous up-to-date references， as well as scenarios， role-playing exercises
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