CS461 Reading List

Our text:

Baase, Sara A Gift of Fire:Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology. 4^th edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson-Prentice Hall.
(Using 4^th edition since that's what the bookstore sold. 5^th edition pages will be given.)

This source is referred to as Baase. in the list below.

Topic One - Privacy in the Business and Social Sector
Date: January 17
Leader: Nathan F.
Readings:

Topic Two - T.B.A.
Date: January 24
Leader: Beni N.
Readings:

Baase 3.6: Net Neutrality - Regulations or the Market. pp. 169-171 (5^th ed: sec 3.7 pp 178-182).
Zelnick, Robert, et al. "THE NETWORK-NEUTRALITY DEBATE." The illusion of net neutrality: political alarmism, regulatory creep, and the real threat to Internet freedom, Hoover Institution Press, 2013, pp. 9-18. (a pdf is posted on socrates)

Topic Three - Can We Trust Computers?
Date: January 31
Leader: Annie L.
Readings:

Baase: "8.3: Increasing Reliability and Safety." Sections 8.3.2 and 8.3.3 pp 388-395. (5^th ed: pp)
admin. "9 Key AI Ethical Issues and How to Handle Them." AI Business. Nov. 28, 2016.
<http://aibusiness.org/9-ethical-issues-related-to-ai-and-how-we-should-handle-them>
"Will the Promise of Artificial Intelligence Really Outweigh the Risks?". Bloomberg L.P. December 14, 2017. <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/sponsors/zurich/will-the-promise-of-artificial-intelligence-really-outweigh-the-risks/?adv=6712&prx_t=LUsDAAAAAAFEANA>

Topic Four - Cryptocurrencies
Date: February 7
Leader: Caleb G.
Readings:

White, Lawrence. "The Market for Cryptocurrencies". Cato Journal. 35 (2015): 383-387. (pdf on socrates)
Wright, Gilly. "Is Bitcoin Good For Business?" Global Finance Jun 2014. pg 16-19. (pdf on socrates)

Topic Five - Software Patents
Date: February 14
Leader: Farai G.
Readings:

Baase: 4.5 Patents for Inventions in Software. pps 214-220. (5^thed 4.6 pps 230-236)
Huang, Andrew. The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware. No Starch Press. 2017. excerpt pps. 115-117. (.docx on socrates)

Topic Six - Can We Trust Computers?
Date: February 21
Leader: Amy I.
Readings:

Angwin, Julia, et al. "Machine Bias." ProPublica. 23 May 2016, < http://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing>
Savage, David D., and Richard Bales. "Video games in job interviews: using algorithms to minimize discrimination and unconscious bias." ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law. 1 Jan. 2017, p. 211+. Academic OneFile, <http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A499494521/AONE?u=wartburgcoll&sid=AONE&xid=01158cb7>. Accessed 25 Jan. 2018.

Topic Seven - Employee Monitoring
Date: February 28
Leader: Dominique M.
Readings:

Katz, Lee Michael. "Monitoring Employee Productivity: Proceed with Caution." Society for Human Resource Management. <https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/pages/0615-employee-monitoring.aspx>.

Topic Eight - Are We Losing Jobs to Technology?
Date: March 14
Leader: Cliffton B.
Readings:

Baase:6.2 Impacts on Employment p.277-293, (5^th ed. pps 313-321)
Bessen, James. "Why computers aren't going to steal everyone's job: The Automation Paradox." The Atlantic. 19 Jan 2016. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/automation-paradox/424437/

Topic Nine - The Digital Divide
Date: March 21
Leader: Joseph C.
Readings:

"Magdalene and Naema: Bridging the gender digital divide." Technology, Education and Design. (TED). 22 Aug 2012. https://www.ted.com/watch/ted-institute/ted-intel/magdalene-and-naema (video)
Victor, Stephen. "Instructional Design and the Digital Divide: Some Ethical Considerations." ResearchGate. Jun 2010. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277789237 (copy posted to socrates)
Council of Economic Advisors. "Mapping the Digital Divide." June 2015. (copy posted to socrates)

Topic Ten - Hacking: Does It Do More Harm Than Good?
Date: March 28
Leader: Frank N.
Readings: