Ethical Concerns in Computing

Final Paper

For the Final Paper, you will select one topic from the list below. Choose a topic that is important or interesting to you, and write a five- to seven-page paper about it.
Instructions for completing the Final Paper:

  1. Please select from one of the following topics, which      are addressed in the course textbook, Introduction to Computer      Literacy:
    • Collaborative Technologies (Chapter 1)
    • Ethical Concerns in Computing (Chapter 1)
    • The Digital Divide (Chapter 1)
    • Open Source Software (Chapter 3)
    • The Impact of Mobile Computing (Chapter 4)
    • Social Networks (Chapter 7)
    • Protecting Copyrights and Intellectual Property       (Chapter 8)
    • Plagiarism and Online Education (Chapter 8)
    • The Future of Cloud Computing (Chapter 9)
  2. Return to the textbook, and review the pages in the      chapter that pertain to your selected topic.
  3. Log in to the Ashford University Library and conduct a      search on that topic.
    • The INF103 tutorial will walk you through the basic       steps of doing a search for scholarly sources within the Ashford       University Library. A transcript of this video can be accessed through       your online course.