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2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

MIS 381 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Systems

3 credits
Prerequisites: MIS 315 and junior standing; for business majors only
Legal and ethical issues relating to the use of information technology and systems in modern society. Topics to be covered include contracts for computer services such as sales and leasing; intellectual property areas such as software protection, licensing, copyrighting, etc.; tort and constitutional areas dealing with rights of privacy; criminal areas dealing with computer crime, and tax law issues of computer hardware/software.