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The National Conference on Computing and Values (NCCV) was
held on the campus of Southern Connecticut State University in August
1991. The Conference included six “tracks”: Teaching
Computing and Human Values, Computer Privacy and Confidentiality, Computer
Security and Crime, Ownership of Software and Intellectual Property, Equity
and Access to Computing Resourcesand Policy
Issues in the Campus Computing Environment. Each track included
a major address, three to five commentaries, some small “working
groups,” and a packet of relevant readings (the “Track Pack”).
A variety of supplemental “enrichment events” were also included.
This monograph contains the proceedings of the “Computer Privacy
and Confidentiality” track of NCCV. It includes one background reading,
the “track address” with two commentaries, the conference bibliography,
and a report on the activities and findings of the small working group
on privacy and confidentiality. In addition, there is a separate section
containing two “enrichment papers” on professional codes of
ethics. The background reading is “Three ‘Levels’ of Computer
Ethics” by Terrell Ward Bynum. The track address is “Contemporary
Privacy Issues” by Willis Ware. The commentaries include, “Information
as a Commodity: Control and Benefit are Morally Owed to the Source”
by Richard A. Wright and “Comments on Willis Ware’s ‘Contemporary
Privacy Issues’” by Loftus Becker. Jacque Catudal was the “Track
Coordinator” for this track, and the Appendix at the end is his report
on the activities and findings of the small working group of the track.
The enrichment papers form a special section on professional codes of
ethics, which covers a broader range of topics than simply privacy. These
papers include “A Rationale for the Proposed Revision of the Association
for Computing Machinery’s Code of Professional Conduct” by Ronald
E. Anderson and “Facing the Computer Ethics Dilemma” by C. Dianne
Martin and David H. Martin.
The National Conference on Computing and Values was a major undertaking that required significant help from many people. The Editors would like to express sincere thanks to the National Science Foundation and the Metaphilosophy Foundation for support that made the project possible. And we wish to thank the following people for their invaluable help and support: (in alphabetic order) Denice Botto, William Bowersox, Aline W. Bynum, Robert Corda, Donald Duman, Richard Fabish, James Fullmer, Ken W. Gatzke, Steven J. Gold, Edward Hoffman, Rodney Lane, Sheila Magnotti, Armen Marsoobian, John Mattia, P. Krishna Mohan, Beryl Normand, Robert O’Brien, Daniel Ort, Anthony Pinciaro, Amy Rubin, Brian Russer, Elizabeth L.B. Sabatino, Charlene Senical, J. Philip Smith, Ray Sparks, Larry Tortice, Suzanne Tucker.
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