Deborah
G. Johnson
Anne Shirley Carter Olsson
Professor of Applied Ethics
Ethics and Technology:
Where Do They Meet?
March 18,
2005
Fairfax, VA

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On the shelf
Computer Ethics, Prentice Hall; 3nd edition (December
15, 2000)
Ethical Issues in Engineering, Prentice Hall;
(October 1, 1990)
Computers, Ethics, and Social Values, Prentice
Hall; 2 edition (October 1, 2004)
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About the speaker
Professor
Johnson came to the University of Virginia in the fall of 2001
after three years at Georgia Tech and 20 years
at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the author/editor
of four books and over 40 published papers. Among the four books
is the popular textbook Computer Ethics, which is now in its third
edition and has been translated into Spanish and will soon be published
in Japanese. She co-edits the journal Ethics and Information
Technology, published by Kluwer, and also co-edits a book
series on Women, Gender, and Technology with S. Rosser and M.F.
Fox for University of Illinois Press. Active in professional organizations,
Professor Johnson recently completed a term as president of the
Society for Philosophy and Technology and took on the presidency
of a new professional society, the International Society for Ethics
and Information Technology (INSEIT).
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