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Privacy & Ethics
level of course unit
second cycle, MasterLearning outcomes of course unit
The graduate / the student:
* has 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
* has 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 and co-requisites
English version available soon
course contents
* 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 or required reading
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 of instruction
Germannumber of ECTS credits allocated
3eLearning quota in percent
15course-hours-per-week (chw)
1.5planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, group work, presentation and discussion of tasks
