MIS 7e, GROUP PROJECTS, CASE 10
Web Resources for
Making the Case with Presentation Graphics Software
There are thousands of sites on the Web that have information on the
social implications of computer use including computer crime, ethics,
security measures, privacy, employee monitoring, etc.
Any search engine will yield numerous hits on any of these topics.
Here are some sites to get you started.
General
www.eos.ncsu.edu/eos/info/computer_ethics - a good site for
information on various issues of proper and improper use of
computer resources.
www.cpsr.org/ - the Web site of Computer Professions for Social
Responsibility contains links to information on various aspects of
computer usage.
Ethics and Computer Crime
www.acm.org/constitution/code.html – the Association for Computing
Machinery’s (ACM) code of ethics.
www.techtv.com/cybercrime – the companion Web site of the TV cable
network with information on computer crime, legislation, privacy
issues, and so on.
www.consumer.gov/sentinel – Federal Trade Commission site that has
statistics on complaints from Web users.
Legislation
www.complaw.com – a law library that provides information on laws in
existence and proposed on privacy, monitoring, etc.
aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/final/pvfact2.htm – Health and Human
Services department fact sheet on the new federal law protecting
patient’s health information.
Privacy
www.privacyfoundation.org - site has detailed information on privacy
issues.
www.eff.org – the Electronic Frontier Foundation offers some helpful
guidelines on privacy and discusses some questionable
marketing tactics.
epic.org – the Electronic Privacy Information Center has information on
privacy and links to all sorts of privacy tools that you can use to
protect yourself.
Defensive Tools
www.grc.com – the Gibson Research Corporation Web site has
software that can test your computer’s vulnerability to outside
intrusion.
www.opt-out.cdt.org – the Center for Democracy and Technology has
information on tracking services and links to opt-out pages for
many Web sites.
www.fbi.gov – the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Web site
where you can file a complaint.
www.ftc.gov - the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Web site has lots
of information on how to protect yourself on the Internet and
how to file complaints.
www.nasaa.org – the North American Securities Administrators
Association site with links to sites in all 50 states that track
investment fraud.
www.website101.com/Privacy_issues.html – Small Business
Privacy Tutorial on SpamFilter