DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CAMPUS COMPUTER ETHICS POLICY

As the set of people using computers becomes larger and less cohesive, it is becoming important to educate users about their ethical respons ibilities. Design of an effective campus computer ethics policy requir es awareness of numerous cultural, technical and legal issues. Especia lly important are the cultural splits between power users and utilitar ian users, and between ''old world'' and ''new world'' philosophies of computer ethics. Discusses those issues and presents the University o f Georgia's ethics policy as a model to aid those developing similar p olicies at other institutions.