[AISWorld] Call for Papers, Ethics & Social Responsibility in IS Education

[Dr. Al Harris]

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 at nuigalway.ie
Albert Harris, Appalachian State University, harrisal at appstate.edu
Dave Yates, University of Maryland, dyates at 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 at nuigalway.ie with a copy to harrisal at appstate.edu and 
dyates at 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

-- 
Dr. Albert L. Harris, Professor
Editor Emeritus, Journal of Information Systems Education
Secretary, International Academy of Information Management (IAIM)
2008-09 Exchange Professor to the University of Angers (France)
2006 Fulbright Scholar to Portugal
Department of Computer Information Systems
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
(828) 262-6180
harrisal at appstate.edu
http://www.acs.appstate.edu/~harrisal/