ETHCS303
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EXPLANATIONS
VIDEO EXPLANATIONS
Ethical theories4 videos
33:16Moral Systems, Ethical Concepts,
and TheoriesA walkthrough of the chapter one
breakdown: the difference between morality and ethics, what a moral system is built
from, and all six ethical theories side by side.
24:40KantianismDuty-based ethics from the ground up: the
universalizability test, both formulations of the Categorical Imperative, and
perfect versus imperfect duties.
20:45UtilitarianismConsequence-based ethics: the Principle of Utility, act
versus rule utilitarianism, and how a cost-benefit calculation is actually
run.
22:51Social Contract
TheoryFrom Hobbes's state of nature to
Rawls's difference principle, plus the rights vocabulary the theory runs on and
where it breaks down.Professional practice2 videos
48:47Professional EthicsThe full chapter three walkthrough — the relationships a
professional is bound by, the obligations owed to society, whistle-blowing, and
codes of ethics.
47:09Ethical Issues in Systems
Analysis and Software EngineeringWhat
systems analysts and software engineers each owe the people affected by their
systems, from safety-critical development practice to the LOPSA
code.Privacy in cyberspace2 videos
12:00Privacy in Cyberspace — Part
1What privacy means before the technology
enters: the four ways cybertechnology changed it, the categories of private
information, and the three questions every privacy case asks.
23:05Privacy in Cyberspace — Part
2The collection technologies themselves —
dataveillance, surveillance in public and at work, cookies of every kind,
behavioural tracking and RFID.Social engineering7 videos
5:46Social EngineeringThe opening lesson of the social engineering chapter:
manipulating people into giving up confidential information, and the damage that
follows.
10:47PhishingThe email attack: fraudulent messages that look
authentic, the difference between spear phishing and whaling, and a real phishing
email pulled apart.
6:15SmishingThe SMS variant: text messages crafted for immediate
action, where the phone numbers come from, and the prize scam example from the
slides.
4:44VishingThe phone attack: a caller imitating someone in
authority, why caller ID is not a defence, and why help desks are the softest
target.
4:26ImpersonationPretexting as someone else to get physical access — the
delivery person and the tech support vectors, and why a uniform carries built-in
trust.
3:45Dumpster DivingAlso called trashing — what an attacker reconstructs
about an organisation from the paper and hardware it throws
away.
8:14How to Avoid Social Engineering
FraudThe defensive close to the chapter: the
habits that break a social engineering attempt before it lands.
Intellectual property3 videos
28:05Intellectual Property
LawsThe opening of the intellectual property
chapter: the three bodies of law, the rights a copyright actually grants, fair use,
and plagiarism versus infringement.
22:48Patents and
TrademarksWhat a patent protects and how it
differs from a copyright, the software patent question, the three kinds of
infringement, and trademarks.
32:14Trade SecretsProtection by keeping the information undisclosed — what
qualifies, how competitive intelligence gathers it legally, SAIP, and
cybersquatting.