School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Berdichevsky, D., & Neunschwander, E. (1999). Toward an ethics of persuasive technology. Communications of the ACM, 42(5), 51-58. [ACM Digital Library]
Corbato, F. J. (1991). On building systems that will fail. Communications of the ACM, 34(9), 73-81. [ACM Digital Library]
Hites, D. (1999). The ethics of software testing. Journal of Information Ethics, 8(1), 63-71. [SILS]
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Littlewood, B., & Stringini, L. (1992, November). The risks of software. Scientific American, 62-75. Reprinted in Johnson, D. G. & Nissenbaum, H. (Eds.). (1995). Computers, Ethics, and Social Values. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 432-437. [Davis - QA76.9 .A25 C6665 1995]
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Borning, A. (1995). Computer system reliability and nuclear war. In Johnson, D. G. & Nissenbaum, H. (Eds.), Computers, Ethics, and Social Values. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 398-421. [Davis - QA76.9 .A25 C6665 1995]
Epstein, R. G. (1994). Case study: the case of the killer robot (part 1). Computers & Society, 24(3), 20-28. [ACM Digital Library]
Epstein, R. G. (1994). Case study: the case of the killer robot (part 2). Computers & Society, 24(4), 12-32. [ACM Digital Library]
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Kallmann, E. A., & Grillo, J. P. (1993). Credit woes. In Ethical Decision Making and Information Technology: An Introduction with Cases. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 61-62. [SILS - T58.5 .K34 1993]
Leveson, N., & Turner, C. S. (1993). An investigation of the Therac-25 accidents. IEEE Computer, 26(7), 18-41. [UNC libraries]
Oz, E. (1994). Obligations to clients. In Ethics for the Information Age: Cases. Dubuque, IA: Business & Educational Technologies, 11-13. [SILS - T58.5 .O9 1994 c.2]
Oz, E. (1994). Obligations to employer. In Ethics for the Information Age: Cases. Dubuque, IA: Business & Educational Technologies, 19-21. [SILS - T58.5 .O9 1994 c.2]
Spinello, R. A. (1997). Case 5.2, Data accuracy and the credit bureau industry. In Case Studies in Information and Computer Ethics. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 105-111. [Davis - QA76.9 .M65 S65 1997]
Spinello, R. A. (1997). Case 5.3, Medical records privacy and the MIB. In Case Studies in Information and Computer Ethics. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 111-115. [Davis - QA76.9 .M65 S65 1997]
Spinello, R. A. (1997). Case 8.3, NCR's Warehouse Manager. In Case Studies in Information and Computer Ethics. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 203-205. [Davis - QA76.9 .M65 S65 1997]
Spinello, R. A. (1997). Case 8.4, Intel's Pentium chip product. In Case Studies in Information and Computer Ethics. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 205-211. [Davis - QA76.9 .M65 S65 1997]
Tavani, H.T. (2004). Case illustration: The Aegis radar system. In Ethics and Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and Communication Technology. New York: Wiley, 120. [SILS - TK5105.5 .T385 2004]
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