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Teaching the Ethics of Online Copyright Issues

It’s been awhile since the astronomical fees levied by the music industry on people who had illegally downloaded popular songs made international headlines. Last week, however, we got a reminder of the risks of pirating copyrighted content.
Voltage Pictures, the production company that produced the Oscar winning film The Hurt Locker, announced that they plan to [...]

Survey Shows Students Need Ethics Training in Social Media

A recent post by Education Week blogger Katie Ash underscores the need to educate students on how to use social networks responsibly.
According to a survey of 17-year-olds conducted by Junior Achievement, nine out of 10 teenagers use social networks every day. More than a third of respondents said they did not consider the reactions of [...]