FF:VIKBA23 Information Ethics - Course Information

VIKBA23 Information Ethics

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Michal Lorenz, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Marie Hradilová
Supplier department: Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Fri 12:30–14:05 C11

Prerequisites (in Czech)

VIK_PoZ Qualifying Examination

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

Course introduces students into fundamental problems of information field, ICT and media, general ethic rules and tenets, overview of development of information ethics focus and related new topics. Current information dilemmas are scrutinized with application of ethical decision methods.

At the end of this course, students should be able: . to avoid academically dishonest behavior . to judge value of ethical arguments . to make ethically based decision . to apply value sensitive design

Syllabus

• 1. Ethics and Information Ethics
• 2. Ethical dilemmas decision - COVER model
• 3. Intellectual Property - Plagiarism
• 4. Intellectual Property - Information sharing, P2P network
• 5. Value Sensitive Design
• 6. Computer Security and Hacking
• 7. Free and Open Software
• 8. Ethics and Library Profession
• 9. Censorship
• 10. responsibilities for Information
• 11. Information Overload and Spam
• 12. Information Privacy
• 13. Intercultural Information Ethics

Literature

• STALLMAN, Richard. Proč by měl být software svobodný. Verze z 24. dubna 1992). (Přeloženo 18.9.2001). Dostupný z: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.html
• BREMAN, Sanford. Prejudice and Antipathies. A tract on the LC Subject Heads Concerning People. Jefferson : McFarland, 1993. 211 p. ISBN 0-89950-828-6.
• WOLKOFF, Kathleen Nietzke. The Problem of Holocaust Denial Literature in Libraries. Library Trends. 1996, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 87 – 96.
• LESSIG, Lawrence. Svobodná kultura. 2010. Dostupný z: http://www.svobodna-kultura.cz/Download/Svobodna_kultura_Lessig.pdf
• MITCHELL, J. M. – YORDY, E. D. COVER It: A Comprehensible Framework for Guiding Students Through Ethical Dilemmas. Journal of Legal Studies Education. 2010, Vol. 27, No. 1, s. 35 – 60.
• HIMMA, Kenneth Einar – TAVANI, Herman T. The Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2008. 706 s. ISBN 978-0-471-79959-7.
• IRIE - International Review of Information Ethics. Dostupný z: http://www.i-r-i-e.net/
• ESS, Charles. Digital Media Ethics. 1. ed. Cambridge : Polity, 2009. ISBN 978-0745641645.
• The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of computing and information. Edited by Luciano Floridi. First published. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2004, xiv, 371. ISBN 0631229183. info
• ČINČERA, Jan. Informační etika : sylabus k bakalářskému studiu informační vědy. Edited by Pavla Kánská. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 81 s. ISBN 8021029811. info
• JÁNOŠ, Karel. Informační etika. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1993, 134 pp. info

Teaching methods

Educational methods:
- Lectures
- Discussions

Assessment methods

Requests to undergo:
- Paper (30%)
- Oral examination (60%)
- Activity (discussions, blog) (10%)

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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