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==Foundation== Computer ethics was first coined by Walter Maner,<ref name=BynumVeryShort/> a professor at [[Bowling Green State University]]. Maner noticed ethical concerns that were brought up during his Medical Ethics course at [[Old Dominion University]] became more complex and difficult when the use of technology and computers became involved.<ref>{{Citation|last=Bynum|first=Terrell|title=Computer and Information Ethics|date=2018|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2018/entries/ethics-computer/|encyclopedia=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Summer 2018|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> The conceptual foundations of computer ethics are investigated by [[information ethics]], a branch of philosophical [[ethics]] promoted, among others, by [[Luciano Floridi]].<ref name=InformationEthics> {{Citation | chapter = Information Ethics | date = 2010 | editor-last = Floridi | editor-first = Luciano | editor-link = Luciano Floridi | title = The Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics | publisher = Cambridge University Press | publication-date = 2010 | pages=77β100 | isbn = 9780521717724 }}</ref>
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