Editing Computer ethics (section)

{{Short description|Philosophy concept in computing}}
{{Not to be confused with|Cyberethics|Information ethics}}

'''Computer ethics''' is a part of [[practical philosophy]] concerned with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.<ref name=BynumVeryShort>{{cite web |url=http://www.southernct.edu/organizations/rccs/resources/research/introduction/bynum_shrt_hist.html#maner|title=A Very Short History of Computer Ethics |last= Bynum |first=Terrell Ward |publisher=Southern Connecticut Wein University|access-date=2011-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418122849/http://www.southernct.edu/organizations/rccs/resources/research/introduction/bynum_shrt_hist.html|archive-date=2008-04-18}}</ref>
Margaret Anne Pierce, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computers at Georgia Southern University has categorized the ethical decisions related to computer technology and usage into three primary influences:<ref name="Pierce_1996">{{cite journal |last1=Pierce |first1=Margaret Anne |last2=Henry |first2=John W. |title=Computer ethics: The role of personal, informal, and formal codes |journal=Journal of Business Ethics |date=April 1996 |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=425–437 |doi=10.1007/BF00380363 }} {{Subscription required}}</ref>
# The individual's own personal [[Ethical code|<nowiki>[ethical]</nowiki> code]].
# Any informal code of ethical conduct that exists in the work place.
# Exposure to formal codes of ethics.