Cyberethics

Not to be confused with Computer ethics or Information ethics.
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Cyberethics is "a branch of ethics concerned with behavior in an online environment".[1] In another definition, it is the "exploration of the entire range of ethical and moral issues that arise in cyberspace" while cyberspace is understood to be "the electronic worlds made visible by the Internet."[2] For years, various governments have enacted regulations while organizations have defined policies about cyberethics.

  1. ^ Blackburn, Ashley; Chen, Irene Linlin; Pfeffer, Rebecca, eds. (2019). "Praface". Emerging trends in cyber ethics and education. Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design (AETID) book series. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. pp. xiii. ISBN 978-1-5225-5934-4.
  2. ^ Baird, Robert M.; Ramsower, Reagan Mays; Rosenbaum, Stuart E., eds. (2001). "Introduction". Cyberethics: social & moral issues in the computer age (Nachdr. ed.). Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-57392-790-1.