1992

May 7, 1992

CONFERENCE
First National Computer Ethics Conference


In this conference, scholars, technologists, and businesspeople made a successful attempt to establish a set of guidelines that govern the proper use of computers. Ramon Barquin came forward with the widely publicized and much used Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics. Others strived to develop ethical standards for computing professionals, software quality, government resource allocations, national security, computer modeling and simulation, and privacy issues.

INTRODUCTION
Ramon Barquin
Executive Vice President
The Washington Consulting Group and Computer Ethics Institute

PANEL 1
Exploring the Range of Computer Ethics: Public Awareness, Public Policy and Public Principles

Moderator: Rev. John Boyles

Maarten van Swaay
Computer and Information Sciences
Kansas State University

Patrick F. Sullivan
Computer Ethics Institute

Jan Goldman
Department of Defense

W. Robert Collins
Dpartment of Computer Science
College of William and Mary

Keith W. Miller
Department of Computer Science
College of William and Mary



Panel 2 
Merging Theory and Practice: Identifying Organizational Mechanisms for Applaying Ethical Principles and making Moral Claims

Moderator: Roy Enquist

Evan G. DeRezno
Bureau of Mental Health, Baltimore County

W. Robert Collins
Department of Computer Science
College of William and Mary

Keith W. Miller
Department of Computer Science
College of William and Mary

John A. Loughney
Department of Philosophy
Westfield State College

Suzanne Weisband
Department of MIS
University of Arizona



PANEL 3
Blueprint for Action

Moderator: Patrick F. Sullivan

John A.N. Lee
Department of Computer Science
Virginia Tech

William Marmon
Director of Legal and External Affairs
MCI

Robert J. Melford
Chairman
Computing Ethics Subcommittee, IEEE Computer Society

Harry Yeide
Professor
George Washington University

James Settle
FBI


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