ETHICOMP 2001
"Systems of the Information Society"
The ETHICOMP conference series is now recognised as one of the premier
international events on computer ethics attended by delegates from all
over the world. Conferences are held about every 18 months. ETHICOMP 2001
is the fifth conference in the series. The conference will be hosted by
the Technical University of Gdansk in the historic city of Gdansk, a city
which "looks not unlike Amsterdam" (Rough Guide).
The conference will be on 18-20 June 2001.
The computing technology revolution continues to accelerate. The
applications of this universal tool seem limitless. Indeed the convergence
of computing, media and communication technologies has meant that each day
we become more and more dependant on technology at work, at home, in
travel, in learning and in communicating. Systems based on computing
technology are powerful change agents. The overall theme for ETHICOMP 2001
is "Systems of the Information Society". The aim is to focus on the
ethical and social impacts of these systems on society, organisations and
individuals.
This will be done from four perspectives -
Software engineering and systems development: the relationship between
quality, risk and ethics.
Teaching ethics to computing students: educating the professionals of
tomorrow.
Ethics in virtual communities: social norms and tendencies of the Internet
and e-commerce, and their impact on families, friends, strangers, the
environment, traders and consumers.
Ethics in the off-line world: the ethical impacts of computer systems in
the office, the factory, the school, and public areas.
Papers covering one or several of these perspectives are called for from
business, government, computer science, information systems, law, social
sciences and philosophy. Interdisciplinary papers and those from new
researchers and practitioners are encouraged.
A paper might take a conceptual, applied, practical or historical
focus. Case studies and reports on lessons learned in practice are
welcomed.
As in previous ETHICOMP conferences, papers will be accepted on the basis
of a submitted abstract which will be refereed by the programme committee.
An abstract must be between 700 and 1000 words in length and submitted via
email as embedded plain text or an attachment in RTF or WORD 6 format.
Abstracts must be submitted no later than 15 December 2000 to
ccsr@dmu.ac.uk. Authors will be informed of the decision of the programme
committee by 15 February 2001.
Further information about the conference can be found at
http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk/conferences/ccsrconf/ethicomp2001/