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A computer ethics course

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Ronald S. King,

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 17, Issue 1

Pages 99 - 104

https://doi.org/10.1145/323275.323297

Published: 01 March 1985 Publication History

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A computer ethics course
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Model curricula
    2. Computing profession
      1. Codes of ethics
2. Software and its engineering

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