-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Call for Papers, Ethics & Social Responsibility in IS Education Datum: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:18:45 -0500 Von: Dr. Al Harris harrisal@APPSTATE.EDU An: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org
Call for Papers
Special issue of the Journal of Information Systems Education on Ethics& Social Responsibility in IS Education
Guest Editors: Michael Lang, National University of Ireland, Galway Michael.Lang@nuigalway.ie Albert Harris, Appalachian State University, harrisal@appstate.edu Dave Yates, University of Maryland, dyates@umd.edu
The Guest Editors of the Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) invite submissions for a special issue on Ethics& Social Responsibility in IS Education to appear in the Winter 2011 issue (Vol. 22 No. 4).
There has been a growing appreciation in recent years of the need to afford the topic of ethics and social responsibility a prominent place within the educational curriculum. In the era of globalization, the responsible stewardship and governance of business, government and society impacts the lives of everyone. Information systems are now ubiquitous and pervasive, often delivering benefits but also potentially or actually having detrimental impacts, thus presenting challenges and dilemmas as regards ethics and social responsibility.
It is imperative that Information Systems students gain a critical appreciation of social, political, technological, environmental and global issues as a fundamental learning outcome of their college education. Contemporary issues of importance include privacy and data protection, social inclusion and the digital divide, lifelong learning, equal opportunities, gender issues, sustainable computing and “green IT”, globalization, mobility, usability and accessibility, social media, Internet propaganda and censorship, digital media rights and controls, public advocacy and activism, and IS education in developing countries.
For this special issue of JISE on Ethics& Social Responsibility in IS Education, we invite the submission of high-quality, innovative, insightful articles. Topics include but are not limited to: • Integrating ethics and social responsibility issues into the IS education curriculum. • Preparing IS graduates as responsible citizens within society and the professional workplace. • Service learning and civic engagement in IS education. • Social inclusion, classroom diversity, and the digital divide in IS education. • Theories of ethics and social responsibility within IS education. • Philosophical issues of ethics and social responsibility within IS education. • Approaches for teaching ethics and social responsibility within IS education. • Ethical and socially responsible considerations in researching IS education. • Cultural aspects of ethics and social responsibility in IS education. • Globalization within IS education. • Impacts and consequences of IS ethical and social issues impacting IS education in countries around the world • Privacy and civil liberties issues within IS education. • Absenteeism issues within IS education e.g. monitoring practices, student motivation and responsibility, etc. • Ethical issues with the use of social networking, virtual communities and e-learning technologies in IS education. • Human rights issues in IS education. • Standards of acceptable behaviour and conduct in IS education. • Academic honesty within the discipline of Information Systems. • Intellectual property and digital media rights within IS education.
Timeline: Initial submissions due: June 15, 2011 Notification to authors: September 15, 2011 Revised papers due: November 1 Publication of the issue: December 2011
Submission Guidelines: Papers for this special issue are due on June 15, 2011. Prospective authors are welcome to submit an abstract to the Guest Editors for preliminary feedback on the appropriateness of their planned manuscript. Please send your submission in Microsoft Word format by email to Michael.Lang@nuigalway.ie with a copy to harrisal@appstate.edu and dyates@umd.edu. You must ensure that all personal details are removed from the document and its meta-data before submission. Papers must not exceed 7000 words including all sections, figures, tables and references. All papers will be blind peer reviewed and are subject to editing for journal style, clarity, organization, and space. Shorter teaching cases and experience reports (between 2000 and 3000 words) are also welcome. In the event that some papers submitted to this special issue are accepted for publication but cannot be accommodated within the special issue, those articles will be published within regular future issues.
For more information concerning JISE submission guidelines, please refer to http://jise.org/Submit.htm