Ethics and Technology Conference

June 4-5, 1998

Preliminary Schedule

Friday, June 4
8:00 - 9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast - [Foyer of Fulton 511]
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome Remarks - [Fulton 511]
Rev. William Leahy, S.J., President of Boston College
9:30 - 10:30 Keynote Address - [Fulton 511]
James Moor, Professor of Philosophy, Dartmouth University
"Just Consequentialism and Computing"
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee and Tea Break - [Foyer of Fulton 511]
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Concurrent Panels
Panel 1: "Differential Access to the Information Superhighway" - [Fulton 415]
  • Leonard M. Baynes, Visiting Professor, American University Washington College of Law: "Stereotypes and Minority Ownership"
  • Dara O’Neil, Research Associate, Georgia Tech Research Institute: "Ubiquitous Access to Telecommunications Technologies: Is Access a Positive Freedom?"
  • Sallyanne Payton, Professor, University of Michigan School of Law: "The Widening Gap Between Black Students and Others in Instruction and Scholarship Caused by Technology"
  • Madeleine Plasencia, Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa College of Law: "Remapping the Have-Nots"
  • Pamela Smith, Assistant Professor, Boston College Law School: "Confirmed Funding Differentials in K-12 That Create Differential Access to Cyberspace"
Panel 2: "Standards to Come and the Current Software Engineering Code of Ethics" - [Fulton 453]
  • Donald Gotterbarn, Director, Software Engineering Ethics Research Institute: "Maturing Standards and the Current Software Engineering Code of Ethics"
  • Keith Miller, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Springfield: "Maturing Standards and the Current Software Engineering Code of Ethics"
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch - [Faculty Dining Room, McElroy 3rd Floor]
2:00 - 3:15 Plenary Panel - [Fulton 511]
"Privacy and Electronic Commerce: Is Coexistence Possible?"
  • Panel Moderator: Chuck Downing, Assistant Professor, Carroll School of Management
    Panelists:
  • Marty Clague, President & CEO, Unisphere Solutions (A Siemens company)
  • Mary Cronin, Professor, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
  • Carl Frappaolo, Executive Vice President, The Delphi Group
  • John Gallaugher, Assistant Professor, Carroll School of Management
3:15 - 4:15 Socratic Panel - [Fulton 511]
"The Ruler of Tomorrow's Net: State, Corporate or Private"
  • Panel Moderator: Aviam Soifer, Professor, Boston College Law School: "The Ruler of Tomorrow’s Net: State, Corporate or Private"
    Panelists:
  • Mary Brabeck, Dean, School of Education, Boston College
  • Severyn Bruyn, Professor, Sociology Department, Boston College
  • Richard Keeley, Associate Dean, Carroll School of Management
  • John B. Nann, Legal Reference Librarian, Boston College Law School
  • John J. Neuhauser, Dean, Carroll School of Management
  • Robert Preston, President, Belmont Abbey College
  • James Rogers, Dean, Boston College Law School
  • Alfred C. Yen, Professor, Boston College Law School
4:15 - 4:30 Coffee and Tea Break - [Foyer of Fulton 511]
4:30 - 5:30 Concurrent Panels
Panel 1: "Ethical Implications of Professional Practice on the Internet" - [Fulton 415]
  • Mary Brabeck, Dean, School of Education, Boston College
  • Judith A. McMorrow, Associate Professor, Boston College Law School
  • Catherine Keyes, Staff Consultant, Harvard Risk Management Foundation
Panel 2: "Whistleblowing on the Web" - [Fulton 453]
  • James E. Fisher, Associate Professor of Marketing, Saint Louis University
  • William B. Gillespie, Associate Professor of Finance, Saint Louis University
  • Fred C. Yeager, Professor, Finance Department Chair, Saint Louis University
5:30 - 6:15 Evening Reception - [Connolly House]
Saturday, June 5
8:00 - 9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast - [Foyer of Fulton 511]
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Address - [Fulton 511]
James Boyle, Professor, American University Washington College of Law:
"Ethics and Technology: Digital Fences, Black Holes and Perfect Filters"
10:00 - 11:00 Concurrent Panels
Panel 1: "Privacy and the Internet" - [Fulton 415]
  • William S. Brown, Assistant Professor of Management, Babson College: "The Impact Upon Self of Technologically-Mediated Organizational Control"
  • Herman Tavani, Associate Professor, Chair of the Philosophy Department, Rivier College: "Privacy and the Internet"
Panel 2: "Ethics, the Internet, and the Common Good" - [Fulton 453]
  • Deborah Brown, Visiting Scholar, Boston College: "Environmental Protection Off The Internet: Are We There Yet?"
  • Dan L. Burk, Associate Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law: "Cyberlaw and the Norms of Science"
  • Laetus O.K. Lategan, Professor, Technikon Free State (South Africa): "Will the Overemphasis on Technology Within a Technological University Lead to an Ideology?"
  • Alfred C. Yen, Professor, Boston College Law School: "Of Tax, Intellectual Property and the Common Good"
11:00- 11:30 Coffee and Tea Break - [Foyer of Fulton 511]
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Concurrent Panels
Panel 1: "Intellectual Property Issues" - [Fulton 415]
  • Michael McFarland, S.J., Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Gonzaga University: "Intellectual Property, Information, and the Common Good"
  • Richard A. Spinello, Associate Professor, Carroll School of Management: "Web Site Linking: Right or Privilege?"
  • Shelly Warwick, Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences, Queens College: "Is Copyright Ethical? An Examination of the Theories, Laws and Practices Regarding the Private Ownership of Intellectual Work in the United States"
Panel 2: "Identity Politics and the Internet: Is the Internet Race and Gender Blind?" - [Fulton 453]
  • Ann Bartow, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Dayton School of Law: "Our Data, Ourselves: Cyberspace Data Collection and the E-Commercialization of Gender"
  • Margaret Chon, Associate Professor, Seattle University School of Law
  • Dennis Greene, Professor, University of Oregon School of Law: "Images in the Film Industry"
  • Pamela Smith, Assistant Professor, Boston College Law School, "Social Immutability: The Inflexibility of Identity in Real Time and Cybertime"
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch - [Faculty Dining Room, McElroy 3rd Floor]
1:30 - 2:45 Concurrent Panels
Panel 1: "Anonymity and Digital Identity" - [Fulton 415]
  • Ronald J. Kizior, Professor, Loyola University Chicago: "Lurking on the Internet"
  • Kurt M. Saunders, Assistant Professor of Business Law, California State University: "Counteracting Online Identity Fraud Under the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act"
  • Adam White Scoville, Boston College Law School: "Text is Self: The Merger of Property and Identity"
  • Richard Sobel, Fellow, Berkman Center, Harvard University: "A National Identification System: Beyond the Ethics of Technology?"
Panel 2: "Genetic Data and Privacy Issues" - [Fulton 453]
  • Jean McEwen, Adjunct Associate Professor, Boston College Law School: "Privacy Implications of Forensic DNS Databanks"
  • Michael Moreland, Doctoral Candidate in Theological Ethics, Boston College
  • Andrea Vicini, S.J., Boston College: "The Use of Genetic Information: Autonomy and the Common Good"
  • Marcia J. Weiss, Adjunct Professor of Legal Studies, Point Park College: "Should Genetic Information Be Protected? An Ethical and Legal Dilemma"
2:45 - 3:00 Coffee and Tea Break - [Foyer of Fulton 511]
3:00 - 3:50 Concurrent Panels
Panel 1: "Equity Issues in Cyberspace" - [Fulton 415]
  • James E. Fisher, Associate Professor of Marketing, Saint Louis University: "Usage Profiles of Users of Interactive Communication Technology: An Empirical Investigation into the Significance of Selected Individual Attributes"
  • Patrick Flanagan, Doctoral Student, Loyola University Chicago: "Spam: Not Just for Breakfast Anymore (Unsolicited Email in the Business Environment)"
Panel 2: "Corporate Ethics and Software Development Issues" - [Fulton 453]
  • David H. Gleason, President, Information Ethics, Inc.: "Subsumption Ethics in Software Development"
  • Yildiz Y. Güzey, Associate Professor, University of Kocaeli (Turkey): "Evaluation of Company Characteristics That Influence Beliefs on Ethics and Technology"
4:00 - 5:00 Plenary Planel
"Perspectives on Past and Future" - [Fulton 511]
  • Tim Healy, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Santa Clara University
  • Thomas Shanks, S.J., Executive Director, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University