Discussing ethics and the Internet

Should Grand Valley State University filter Internet content over the campus network? Who owns what, when using GVSU computers/systems? These are some of the questions students, faculty and staff will talk about during an interactive panel discussion sponsored by the School of Computing and Information Systems.

Ethics and the Internet: A Student Dialogue will be held Tuesday, March 27, at 4 p.m. in the Cook-DeWitt Center on Grand Valley’s Allendale Campus.

President Thomas J. Haas will give opening remarks followed by a brief presentation about the impact of the Internet by Roger Ferguson, associate professor of Computing and Information Systems. An open dialogue will begin with four panelists and the audience. Panelists include University Counsel Patricia Smith and three Grand Valley students, Jair Hoyt, Tom Lambert, and Lauren Miller.

“The Internet continues to grow and change,” said Ferguson. “The Internet has been developed mainly with North America and Western European influences, and I believe that is about to change. The growth of the Internet in terms of ‘number of users’ will be dominated by developing countries and hence, the way we interact with the Internet will change.”

For more information contact Roger Ferguson at (616) 331-2060, or GVSU News and Information Services at (616) 331-2221.