As a leader in the field, the Computer Ethics Institute has provided an advanced forum and resource for identifying, assessing and responding to ethical issues associated with the advancement of information technologies in society. Through advisory and consultative activities, research and education, and public outreach, CEI has stimulated awareness of the issues likely to arise as technology continues to develop.
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF COMPUTER ETHICS
The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics have been a highly effective code of ethics for the proper use of information technology.

Read the Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics.

Read Dr. Ramon C. Barquin's paper "In Pursuit of a 'Ten Commandments' for Computer Ethics."
Proposed Event for 2002-2003:
Balancing Civil Liberties and National Security Program

INSIGHTFUL ARTICLES
Patrick F. Sullivan reexamines the key concepts within the philosophic thought on moral communities by extending this tradition to a radically new enviroment, cyberspace, in "Cyberspace and Moral Community." Richard Spinello investigates the motivating factors involved in the debate on free speech on the Internet and predicts how it may play out in "Philosophical Reflections on Free Speech in Cyberspace."

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