Economical, Ethical, Social, and Legal Aspects of It

The Course provides the basic notions about economic, ethical, social, and legal issues concerned with the career of computer scientists.

The Course exploits four different themes concerned with the career of computer scientists, namely, economics, ethics, society, and law. The student will acquire knowledge about the following aspects.
Economic issues: basic principles of an economic system; kinds of market; concurrency and free-trade; principles of business management with respect to the company organization forms and the aspects about formal business compliances. Models, criteria, and tools for investment evaluation. Tools for business project management.
Ethical issues: history and placement of ethical notions in the computer science field; problems and opportunities about ethics in digital tool development; methods and tools for addressing ethical issues in the computer science field.
Social issues: principles about digital citizenship and techno-civism; rights and legal protection of rights about digital citizenship; digital tools for civil participation with focus on design aspects about software development in such a field; free software principles and notions.
Legal issues: basic principles of intellectual property; privacy of persons and data concerned with the use of digital technologies and online communication tools; rights and duties derived from the use of digital tools