Welcome to Computer Ethics
With the freedom of the Internet has come a host of new ethical issues. This site is devoted to providing a basic understanding of computer ethics to the Internet users of tomorrow, with the hope that they will make informed and moral decisions throughout their careers.
Computer ethics has emerged. Computer ethics is concerned with standards of conduct as they pertain to computers.
Why do we need computer ethics?
- the growth of the WWW has created several novel legal issues
- the existence of new questions that older laws cannot answer
- traditional laws are outdated/anachronistic in this world
- a more coherent body of law is needed to govern Internet and computers