HUM347

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Ethics in Society and E-Governance

3 Credit Hour Course

Intended For Level 3 Term 2 Students

Prerequisite:

Ethics and society: Ethics: approaches, ethical dimensions of technology, historical perspectives; Categorical imperative: motivation of action; Deviance, delinquency, morals, law, ethics; Ethics in social survey; Online communication: manifest and latent functions; Social group dynamics; Technology and inequality: class and gender issues; Social media: effect on individual autonomy, socialization, privacy, cyberbullying; Dramaturgy: presentation of self; Social interaction: distant learning, work from home; Value system, cultural ethics; Other social issues: individualism, community, minority; Digital Bangladesh and SDGs; Professional ethics: ACM code of ethics and professional conduct, responsibility, liability, loyalty, whistleblowing, trust and reliability in research and testing, conflict of interest; Intellectual property: licensing, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, plagiarism; Environmental impact: energy consumption by computing systems, electronic waste, repairing and recycling.
E-Governance: Defining government, institutional framework, democracy, leadership, bureaucracy, accountability and transparency in decision- making, concept of governance, citizen engagement in good governance, e-governance for good governance, e-government and public service delivery, public-private partnership for e-governmen system, legal and ethical issues in e-government, e-government development index (EGDI), ICT policy and smart government.