The Ethics and Technology Conference is designed to promote the free exchange of information among college and university personnel concerned with the ethical use of computers in the academic environment.
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Loyola University Chicago is located at 820 N. Michigan Ave., along Chicago's Magnificent Mile and west of Chicago's famous landmark, the Water Tower. The conference will be held in our new facility at 25 E. Pearson. The 25 E. Pearson Building has six floors of library facilities, four floors of classrooms, three floors dedicated to the School of Law library, three floors of faculty and administrative offices for the School of Business and IHIR/CORD, computer labs, an auditorium, and the Information Technologies department offices.
Dr. Deborah G. Johnson of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be the conference keynote speaker, as well as director of the advanced level seminar. Dr. Johnson is the author of two books: Ethical Issues in the Use of Computers, and Computer Ethics, 2nd ed. She is a well known and highly respected scholar in the field of computer ethics.
Dr. David Ozar, Director of the Center for Ethics and Dr. Mary Malliaris of the Management Science Department at Loyola will co-direct the introductory level seminars.
This is an introductory level workshop that presumes no previous ethics training. Through didactic sessions on key concepts and methods of ethical reflection, and through small group discussion of cases, participants will develop their skills in identifying the ethical issues in typical computer situations and in determining the ethical strengths and weaknesses of possible courses of action.
This seminar section, which will be directed by Dr. Deborah Johnson, is entitled "Democracy and the Global Computer/Telecommunications Network.". Dr. Johnson will begin by identifying the links between democracy and technology theoretically and then use this theoretical understanding to formulate appropriate questions about the ways in which the evolving global telecommunications system is impacting democracy. Popular culture suggests that the new system promotes democracy, but this is not true. The seminar will focus on the following issues: anonymity and accountability in computer mediated communications; privacy, encryption and surveillance, personal identities and national boundaries; and international property rights.
Plan to come on Friday, stay over in Chicago, and have the opportunity to attend two conferences back to back. "The Challenge of Computing Education on the Internet" is the theme of this year's conference.
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. 15th Floor - Kasbeer Hall
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks
by Dr. Ronald J. Kizior
SESSION 1 SEMINARS - 8:45 - 11:30
(a) Room 201 - Introduction to Ethics Seminar directed by
Dr. David Ozar and Dr. Mary Malliaris.
(b) Room 202 - Advanced Ethics Seminar entitled "Democracy and
the Global Computer/Telecommunications Network," directed by
Dr. Deborah Johnson.
SESSION 1 - 8:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Track 1 - Ethics & Curriculum - Room 106
Panel - The New Telecommunications Act and Its Internet Ramifications
Chair: Prof. Allen Schoenberger (Loyola University Law School)
Panel Members:
Prof. Frank J. Covey Jr. (Loyola University Law School)
Jack Corliss (Loyola University)
Track 2 - Ethics & Technology-1 - Room 211
Panel - Ethics in the Software Development Workplace
Chair: Joyce Currie Little (Towson State University)
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
Lower Level Lobby
SESSION 2 - 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Track 1 - Ethics & Curriculum - Room 208
Paper 1 - Team Work Across the Internet: The Ethics Project -
Dennis Bialaszewski and Tom Pencek (Indiana State University)
[WordPerfect document]
Paper 2 - Examination of Computer Software in Relation to
Gender Differentiation - Netiva Caftori (Northeastern Illinois
University)
Track 2 - Ethics & Technology-1 - Room 211
Paper 1 - The Ethics of Riding the Front Wave of Technology -
Dean David Beveridge and Thomas Scott (Western Illinois Univ.)
[WordPerfect document]
Paper 2 - A Compressed Video Faculty Workshop on Ethics in
Computer Science - M. Dee Medley (Augusta College)
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH 15th Floor - Kasbeer Hall
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Keynote Speech in Kasbeer Hall by Dr. Deborah Johnson
SESSION 3 - 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Track 1 - Ethics & Curriculum - Room 208
Paper 1 - Society, Ethics and Technology - Marvin Kurland,
Harris Rawicz and Morton Winston ( Trenton State College)
Paper 2 - Computer Ethics: Are Students Concerned? - Marian
Sackson (Pace University) [MS-Word document]
Track 2 - Ethics & Technology -1 - Room 211
Paper 1 - Are Unreadable Computer Use Policies Unethical? -
Eugene Snoueffer and Thomas Scott (Western Illinois University)
[WordPerfect document]
Paper 2 - Ideology-Oriented Programming in Health Care -
Charles Webster (Duquesne University)
Track 3 - Ethics & Technology -2 - LL-12
Paper 1 - Expert Systems as General Use Advisory Tools: An
Examination of Moral Responsibility - Kimberly Cass (Marquette
University) [WordPerfect document]
Paper 2 - Ethics, COBOL, and the Internet - Ronald J. Kizior
(Loyola University Chicago)
3:15 - 3:30 p.m. - Coffee Break Lower Level Lobby
SESSION 4 - 3:30 - 4:45 P.M.
Track 1 - Ethics & Curriculum - Room 106
Paper 1 - Will My Diskette Fit into Your Machine? - Jeff Zadeh
(Western Illinois University)
Track 2 - Ethics & Technology - 1 - Room 211
Paper 1 - Ethics and the Academic Network: Attitudes and
Issues - Mary Sumner (Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville)
Paper 2 - Ethics in Document Design: Some Case Studies -
Salalendu Dey (Saint Louis University - Parks College Campus)
Track 3 - Ethics and Technology 2 - Room 208
Paper 1 - Scholarly Internet Research: Is it Real? - Robert
Nigohosian (Salt Lake City College)
(References are available in a separate WordPerfect document.)
4:45 - 6:00 p.m. - Happy Hour and Raffle in Kasbeer Hall - 15th Floor
Introductory Seminar.............................Room 201 Advanced Seminar.................................Room 202 Track 1-Ethics & Curriculum......................Rooms 106 & 208 Track 2-Ethics & Technology-1....................Room 211 Track 3-Ethics & Technology-2....................Rooms LL-12 & 208 Opening Ceremonies...............................Rubloff Auditorium Lunch............................................Kasbeer Hall (15th Floor)
Two parking facilities near the conference site will be available. One facility at 111 E. Chestnut (Enter from Pearson St.) has a $7.50 rate, if you are in by 10 a.m. and out by 7 p.m. The second facility at 1 E. Delaware (Enter from Chestnut St.) has a $7.50 rate, if you are in by noon and out by 7 p.m. Both facilities are self-park. There are other facilities available in the area, but not at this reduced rate.
A block of rooms has been reserved for the conference at the Allerton Hotel. 700 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611 for a conference price of $89 per night. Please call the hotel directly to make your reservations. Phone 312-440-1500, and mention you are with the Midwest Computer Conference. If there are any problems ask to speak to Natalie Vitek, corporate sales manager. The hotel is about 4 blocks away from the conference site. Please call ASAP to guarantee yourself a room.
To register for the conference please fill out the registration form and mail it with your check to Dr. Mary Malliaris, Loyola University Chicago, Management Science Dept., 820 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611. Make all checks payable to LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO. No credit cards accepted.
Ethics and Technology Conference Registration Form
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Make check payable to:
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Registration Fees
$50 if postmarked before February 23
$60 if postmarked after February 23
$25 presenter rate & Graduate Students
The registration fee includes continental breakfast, coffee breaks,
lunch and "Happy Hour".
Request for refunds will be honored if received, in writing or e-mail,
on or before Friday, February 23, 1996.
Because of limited space the morning seminars will only be available
to a limited number of attendees. Be sure to indicate your preference.
I prefer to attend the following ethics seminar on Saturday morning:
____Introductory _____Advanced
Before coming to the conference, attendees may want to review papers to be presented at the conference or print out copies of papers to bring to the conference . All conference papers and other relevant conference information can be found on the conference URL:
http://www.math.luc.edu/ethics96/
There will be no hard copy proceedings of the conference.
Given the nature of this conference, it might be prudent for each attendee to bring with them several formatted 3.5 inch diskettes, so that down loading and copying of appropriate files can be done on site during the conference.
Conference Chair: Dr. Ronald J. Kizior
Program Chair: Dr. Linda Salchenberger
Registration Chair: Dr. Mary Malliaris
Exhibits: Zohra Raza
Publicity: Dr. Todd Hoover
Dr. Konstantin Läufer
Initial funding for this project has been made available by the following resources:
Loyola University Chicago The Center for Ethics Across the University School of Business Information Technologies Department AT&T Loyola Endowment for the Liberal Arts
For more information about the conference and registration, contact
Dr. Ron Kizior Department of Management Science Loyola University Chicago 820 N. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 312-915-7394 rkizior@luc.edu