Design and implementation of a campus computer ethics policy

As the set of people using computers becomes larger and less cohesive, it is becoming important to educate users about their ethical responsibilities. Design of an effective campus computer ethics policy requires awareness of numerous cultural, technical, and legal issues. Especially important are the cultural splits between power users and utilitarian users, and between “oldworld” and “newworld” philosophies of computer ethics. This paper discusses those issues and presents the University of Georgia’s ethics policy as a model to aid those developing similar policies at other institutions.