Ethics Curricula of the Information Science Departments in Taiwanese Universities and Colleges
Author: Chien-Hung Lin(Institute of Education, National Chiao Tung University), Chien Chou(Institute of Education, National Chiao Tung University)
Vol.&No.：Vol. 59, No. 1
Date：March 2014
Pages：197-228
DOI：10.6209/JORIES.2014.59(1).07
Abstract：
With the advent of modern technology, the ability to access information in our daily lives has increased exponentially. In these circumstances, the role of information professional has become increasingly critical. For Computer Information Science (CIS) majors, the information professionals of the future, the need of understanding information ethics is crucial; an investigation of the ethics curricula offered in Taiwanese higher education is necessary. To investigate the ethics-related curricula offered by the information departments of Taiwanese universities, this study applied content analysis to categorize the included topics. The results indicated that of the 199 departments investigated, 74 departments offered a total of 78 courses related to information ethics in school years 2010-2012. Most of the topics covered in the curricula were information laws or regulations, the development of an information society, general information ethics, and information privacy; in addition, the most commonly used teaching method in such classes is lecturing. Among the courses investigated, seven courses were named “professional information ethics” or worded similarly; their syllabi in particular were examined. The results indicated that moral philosophy (ethics) is commonly covered in these courses, and that a variety of topics not typically included in the theoretical aspects of professional information ethics are also taught.
Keywords：information departments in higher education, ethics-related courses, information ethics, professional information ethics
《Full Text》
References：
- Audi, R.、王思迅（編）（2002）。劍橋哲學辭典。臺北市：貓頭鷹。【Audi, R., & Wang, S.-H. (Eds.). (2002). The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy. Taipei, Taiwan: Owl.】
- 任文瑗、陸啟超（2003）。資訊倫理教育與侵權行為意圖之探討。資訊與教育，94，37-50。【Ren, W.-Y., & Lu, C.-C. (2003). The study of information ethics education and the intent of infringement behavior. Information and Education, 94, 37-50.】
- 林杏子（2002）。資訊倫理。臺北市：華泰。【Lin, X.-Z. (2002). Information ethics. Taipei, Taiwan: Hwa Tai.】
- 林思伶（2000）。淺談倫理教育教學法。哲學與文化，27（4），362-371。【Lin, S.-L. (2000). A cursory look at ethical education. Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture, 27(4), 362-371.】
- 金文森、江政憲（編著）（2009）。工程倫理。臺北市：五南。【King, W.-S., & Chiang, Z.-H. (Eds.). (2009). Engineering ethics. Taipei, Taiwan: Wu-Nan Book.】
» More
- Audi, R.、王思迅（編）（2002）。劍橋哲學辭典。臺北市：貓頭鷹。【Audi, R., & Wang, S.-H. (Eds.). (2002). The Cambridge dictionary of philosophy. Taipei, Taiwan: Owl.】
- 任文瑗、陸啟超（2003）。資訊倫理教育與侵權行為意圖之探討。資訊與教育，94，37-50。【Ren, W.-Y., & Lu, C.-C. (2003). The study of information ethics education and the intent of infringement behavior. Information and Education, 94, 37-50.】
- 林杏子（2002）。資訊倫理。臺北市：華泰。【Lin, X.-Z. (2002). Information ethics. Taipei, Taiwan: Hwa Tai.】
- 林思伶（2000）。淺談倫理教育教學法。哲學與文化，27（4），362-371。【Lin, S.-L. (2000). A cursory look at ethical education. Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture, 27(4), 362-371.】
- 金文森、江政憲（編著）（2009）。工程倫理。臺北市：五南。【King, W.-S., & Chiang, Z.-H. (Eds.). (2009). Engineering ethics. Taipei, Taiwan: Wu-Nan Book.】
- 范錚強、范懿文、侯永昌、李世材（2005）。資訊管理導論。臺北市：旗標。【Fan, Z.-Q., Fan, Y.-W., Hou, Y.-C., & Li, S.-C. (2005). The introduction of information management. Taipei, Taiwan: Flag.】
- 徐木蘭、陳秀育、劉仲矩（1997）。資訊專業倫理內容分析法之研究。載於中華民國資訊管理學會、國立政治大學資訊管理學系舉辦之「第八屆國際資訊管理學術」研討會論文集（pp. 497-504），臺北市。【Hsu, M.-L., Chen, S.-Y., & Liu, C.-C. (1997). The content analysis of informational professional ethics codes. In CSIM & Department of Management Information Systems, National Chengchi University (Eds.),“Proceedings of ICIM’1997” symposium (pp. 497-504), Taipei, Taiwan.】
- 財團法人臺灣網路資訊中心（2012）。2012年臺灣寬頻網路使用調查報告。取自http://www. twnic.net.tw/download/200307/20120709d.pdf【Taiwan Network Information Center. (2012). The survey of Internet use in Taiwan in 2012. Retrieved from http://www.twnic.net.tw/download/200307/20120709d.pdf】
- 教育部（2012）。100學年度大學校院一覽表。取自http://ulist.moe.gov.tw/Download/Start Download?Path=FileDownload%5C%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E8%B3%87%E6%96%99%5Culist.pdf&FileName=ulist.pdf【Ministry of Education. (2008). List of universities, colleges and junior colleges (school year 2011-2012). Retrieved from http://ulist.moe.gov.tw/download/startdownload?path=filedownload%5c%e5%9f%ba%e6%9c%ac%e8%b3 %87%e6%96%99%5culist.pdf&filename=ulist.pdf】
- 張鐸（2004）。電腦與資訊倫理。臺北市：文魁。【Chang, D. (2004). Computer and information ethics. Taipei, Taiwan: Wen Kuei.】
- 郭鴻志（1998）。從網路倫理談資訊倫理教育。應用倫理研究通訊，5，19-20。【Guo, H.-C. (1998). The Internet ethics and information ethics education. Applied Ethics Review, 5, 19-20.】
- 詹炳耀、任文瑗、郭秋田、張裕敏（2009）。資訊倫理與法律（第二版）。臺北市：旗標。【Zhan, B.-Y., Ren, W.-Y., Guo, C.-T., & Chang, Y.-M. (2009). Information ethics and law (2nd ed.). Taipei, Taiwan: Flag.】
- 樊台聖（2004）。大學生資訊倫理認知及資訊倫理課程發展之研究（2/2）。科技部專題研究計畫成果報告（NSC92-2520-S-020-001）。屏東縣：國立屏東科技大學資訊管理系。【Fan, T.-S. (2004). The study of college students’ cognition of information ethics and course development (2/2). Ministry of Science and Technology project report (NSC92-2520-S-020-001). Pingtung County, Taiwan: Department of Management Information Systems, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology.】
- 盧希鵬、林建良（1996）。「資訊倫理」教育可行性之研究初探。載於中華民國資訊管理學會、中原大學資訊管理學系舉辦之「第七屆國際資訊管理學術研討會」論文集（pp. 907-914），中壢市。【Lu, H.-P., & Lin, J.-L. (1996). Study of the validity of information ethics education. In CSIM & Department of Information Management, Chung Yuan Christian University (Eds.),“Proceedings of ICIM’1996” symposium (pp. 907-914), Chung Li, Taiwan.】
- 鍾佳雯（2003）。資訊倫理教學對大專學生資訊倫理認知與行為意象之影響－以屏東科技大學四年制新生為例（未出版碩士論文）。國立屏東科技大學，屏東縣。【Chung, C.-W. (2003). The influence of information ethics course on student’s information ethics cognition and behavior intention (Unpublished master’s thesis). National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung County, Taiwan.】
- 鍾斌賢、張思恩、王晃三（1996）。溶入資訊工程之倫理教學經驗。通識教育季刊，3（2），69-81。【Jong, B.-S., Chang, S.-E., & Wang, H.-S. (1996). Experiences in cross curricular teaching of computer engineering. Journal of General Education, 3(2), 69-81.】
- Fraenkel, J. R., & Wallen, N. E.（2008）。教育研究法－研究設計實務（楊孟麗、謝水南，譯）。臺北市：心理。（原著出版於2003年）【Fraenkel, J. R., & Wallen, N. E. (2008). How to design and evaluate research in education (M.-L. Yang & S.-N. Hsieh, Trans.). Taipei, Taiwan: Psychological. (Original work published 2003)】
- Fleddermann, C. B.（2008）。工程倫理（第三版）（張一岑、許宏德，譯）。臺北市：全華。（原著出版於2007年）【Fleddermann, C. B. (2008). Engineering ethics (3rd ed.). (J.-I. Chang & H.-T. Hsu, Trans.). Taipei, Taiwan: Chuan Hwa. (Original work published 2007)】
- Martin, M. W., & Schinzinger, R. (2000)。工程倫理（張勁燕、施延欣，譯）。臺北市：麥格羅‧希爾。（原著出版於1996年）【Martin, M. W., & Schinzinger, R. (2000). Ethics in engineering (C.-Y. Chang & Y.-S. Shih, Trans.). Taipei, Taiwan: McGraw-Hill. (Original work published 1996)】
- Association for Computing Machinery & IEEE Computer Society. (2008). Curriculum guidelines for undergraduate degree programs in information technology. Retrieved from www.acm.org/ education/curricula/IT2008%20Curriculum.pdf
- Association of Computing Machinery. (1992). ACM code of ethics and professional conduct. Retrieved from http://www.acm.org/about/code-of-ethics
- Association of Information Technology Professionals. (2006). Code of ethics. Retrieved from http://www.aitp.org/join/SCOH17CodeEthicsStdsCdt.pdf
- Baase, S. (2003). A gift of fire: Social, legal, and ethical issues for computing (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Person Education.
- Carbo, T., & Almagno, S. (2001). Information ethics: The duty, privilege and challenge of educating information professionals. Library Trends, 49(3), 510-518.
- Computer Ethics Institute. (2008). A moral compass for cyberspace. Retrieved from http://computer ethicsinstitute.org/images/CEI2008Brochure.pdf
- De George, R. T. (2003). The ethics of information technology and business. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
- Floridi, L. (Ed.). (2010). The Cambridge handbook of information and computer ethics. Cambridge: UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Gorman, M. E., Hertz, M., & Magpili, L. P. (2000). Combining ethics and design: Monsanto and genetically-modified organisms. Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference, 18-21.
- Herkert, J. R. (2000). Engineering ethics education in the USA: Content, pedagogy and curriculum. European Journal of Engineering Education, 25(4), 303-313. doi:10.1080/03043790050200340
- Herkert, J. R. (2005). Ways of thinking about and teaching ethical problem solving: Microethics and macroethics in engineering. Science and Engineering Ethics, 11(3), 373-385. doi:10.1007/ s11948-005-0006-3
- Institute for Certification of Computer Professional. (2009). Code of ethics. Retrieved from http:// www.iccp.org/iccpnew/ethics%20practice%20conduct.html
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. (2006). IEEE code of ethics. Retrieved from http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/ethics_code.html
- Johnson, D. G. (2001). Computer ethics (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Mason, R. O. (1986). Four ethical issues of the information age. Management Information System Quarterly, 10(1), 5-12. doi:10.2307/248873
- Mason, R. O., Mason, F. M., & Culnan, M. J. (1995). Ethics of information management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- McDonald, G. M. (2004). A case example: Integrating ethics into the academic business curriculum. Journal of Business Ethics, 54(4), 371-384. doi:10.1007/s10551-004-1826-9
- Payne, D., & Landry, B. J. L. (2005). Similarities in business and IT professional ethics: The need for and development of a comprehensive code of ethics. Journal of Business Ethics, 62(1), 73-85. doi: 10.1007/s10551-005-3439-3
- Quinn, M. J. (2009). Ethics for the information age (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Educations.
- Rest, J. R. (1988). Can ethics be taught in professional school? The psychological research. Ethics: Easier Said Than Done, 1, 22-26.
- Schunk, D. H., Pintrich, P. R., & Meece, J. L. (2008). Motivation in education: Theory, research and applications (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
- Self, D. J., Olivarez, M., & Baldwin, D. C. (1998). The amount of small-group case-study discussion needed to improve moral reasoning skills of medical students. Academic Medicine, 73(5), 521-523. doi:10.1097/00001888-199805000-00019
- Smith, S., Fryer-Edwards, K., Diekema, D. S., & Braddock, C. H. (2004). Finding effective strategies for teaching ethics: A comparison trial of two interventions. Academic Medicine, 79 (3), 265-271. doi:10.1097/00001888-200403000-00015
- Spinello, R. A. (2006). Cyberethics: Morality and law in cyberspace (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
- Tavani, H. T. (2010). Ethics and technology: Controversies, questions, and strategies for ethical computing (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.