Ethics & Privacy
Niveau
second cycle, Master
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The participants:
• have a good understanding of the fundamental laws, regulations and strategies in data protection
• can explain basic positions of technical and business ethics using examples
• can describe the steps of ethical judgement and argumentation and apply them in case studies from economic and technical practice
• know the effects of technological change on work-life balance and family
• have a good understanding of the fundamental laws, regulations and strategies in data protection
• can explain basic positions of technical and business ethics using examples
• can describe the steps of ethical judgement and argumentation and apply them in case studies from economic and technical practice
• know the effects of technological change on work-life balance and family
Prerequisites for the course
None
Course content
• Introduction to data protection and its implementation
• Definitions: personal data, data registers, publicly accessible data, pseudonymization
• Informational self-determination, laws and regulations on data protection
• Rights of those concerned
• Organizational measures for the protection of personal data
• Criminal/civil law aspects: Trade secrets, refusal to testify
• Introduction to ethics as the science of good and right decisions and actions
• Relevant factors of ethical judgement
• Methods of ethical argumentation
• Concept of responsibility
• Business and technical ethics as sub-disciplines of ethics
• Ethical challenges in digitalized and global information and knowledge societies
• Effects of technological change on work life balance and family
• Definitions: personal data, data registers, publicly accessible data, pseudonymization
• Informational self-determination, laws and regulations on data protection
• Rights of those concerned
• Organizational measures for the protection of personal data
• Criminal/civil law aspects: Trade secrets, refusal to testify
• Introduction to ethics as the science of good and right decisions and actions
• Relevant factors of ethical judgement
• Methods of ethical argumentation
• Concept of responsibility
• Business and technical ethics as sub-disciplines of ethics
• Ethical challenges in digitalized and global information and knowledge societies
• Effects of technological change on work life balance and family
Recommended specialist literature
• Heesen J. (publisher); Handbuch Medien- und Informationsethik; Stuttgart; 2016
• Davisson A., Booth P. (publisher); Controversies in Digital Ethics; New York; 2016
• Ess C.; Digital Media Ethics; Cambridge; 2014
• Davisson A., Booth P. (publisher); Controversies in Digital Ethics; New York; 2016
• Ess C.; Digital Media Ethics; Cambridge; 2014
Assessment methods and criteria
exam
Language
English
Number of ECTS credits awarded
3
Semester hours per week
Planned teaching and learning method
Lecture, group work, presentation and discussion of tasks
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
4