CURRICULUM VITAE JOHN WECKERT August 2012 Academic Qualifications Ph.D. University of Melbourne, 1985, Philosophy. Diploma of Computer Science, La Trobe University, 1985. M.A. La Trobe University, 1977, Philosophy. B.A. (Hons)(First class) University of Adelaide, 1974, Philosophy. Current Positions: Director (acting), CAPPE Professor of Computer Ethics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University Professorial Fellow, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), an ARC Special Research Centre, Manager of CAPPE program on Technology Editorial Positions Editor-in-chief, NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale, Springer. On editorial board Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics Professional affiliation: Member - Australian Computer Society (ACS), (Past ACS representative on IFIP Technical Committee for Computers and Society (TC9)) Refereed publications Books Weckert, John and Lucas, Richard, Ethics and ICT Governance, (complete manuscript draft under review, ANU E-Press) van den Hoven, Jeroen and Weckert, John (eds). Information Technology and Moral Philosophy. Cambridge University Press (2008) Weckert, John (ed). Computer Ethics, Ashgate (2007). Allhoff, Fritz, Lin, Patrick, Moor, James and Weckert, John (eds) (2007), Nanotechnology: The Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology, Wiley. Rooksby, Emma and Weckert, John (eds) (2007), Information Technology and Social Justice, Idea Group. Weckert, John. (ed) (2004),Electronic Monitoring in the Workplace: Controversies and Solutions, Idea Group. Weckert, John and Al-Saggaf, Yeslam (eds) (2003), Selected papers from the Computers and Philosophy (CAP) conference, The Australian National University, 13 October - 2 November, 2003. CRPIT, vol 37: Australian Computer Society, Sydney. Weckert, J. and Adeney, D (1997), Computer and Information Ethics, Greenwood. Weckert, John 1
Weckert, John and McDonald, Craig (eds) (1992), Intelligent Library Systems, Proceedings of the Intelligent Library Systems conference, Charles Sturt University, September, 1992, Centre for Information Studies, CSU. McDonald, Craig and Weckert, John (eds) (1991), Libraries and Expert Systems, Taylor Graham, London, (Proceedings of the Libraries and Expert Systems conference, Charles Sturt University-Riverina, July, 1990). Guest editorships Awais, Rashid, Weckert John and Richard, Lucas, (2009), Computer, IEEE Computer Society, special issue on Software engineering ethics in a digital world. Weckert, John and Lucas, Richard (2009), The Australasian Journal of Information Systems, special issue on ICT governance. Weckert, John. Ethics and Information Technology (2006), Selected papers from International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics Third World Congress, Melbourne 2004. Weckert, John (2001), Computer Ethics 2000: selected Papers from the second Australian Institute of Computer Ethics Conference, Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Volume 1, Australian Computer Society, Sydney. Weckert, John (1999),Australian Computer Journal, special issue on computer ethics, August. Weckert, John (2000), Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, special issue on computer ethics, July. Weckert, John (1999), Ethics and Electronic Commerce: a collection of papers, Technical Bulletin, Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sydney. Weckert, John (1997), Australian Computer Journal, special issue on ethics on the Internet, February. Weckert, John (1995), Forum on Knowledge-based systems for natural resource management in The New Review of Applied Expert Systems 1. Weckert, John and McDonald, Craig (1992), Library Hi-Tech, special issue on Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems in libraries, vol 10. Book Chapters Weckert, John. (forthcoming 2013), Nanoethics in La Follette (ed) International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Wiley-Blackwell (accepted April 2011) Weckert, John. (forthcoming 2013), Computer Ethics in La Follette (ed) International Encyclopedia of Ethics, Wiley-Blackwell (accepted July 2011) Weckert, John. (2012), Risks and Scientific Responsibilities in Nanotechnology, in Roeser, Sabine (ed), Handbook of Risk Theory, Springer, chapter 7. Weckert, John (2011), Trusting software agents in Ess, Charles and Thorseth, May (eds.), Trust and Virtual Worlds: Contemporary Perspectives, Peter Lang. Weckert, John and Henschke, Adam (2010), Computer Ethics and Applied Contexts in Luciano Floridi (ed), A Philosophical Introduction to Computer Ethics, Cambridge University Press. Weckert, John (2009), Nanoethics in Kyrre, Jan, Olsen, Berg, Pedersen, Stig Andur and Hendricks, Vincent F. (eds) A Companion to the Philosophy of Technology, Blackwell Companions to Philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell. Weckert, John 2
White, Peter, Altas, Irfan, Howarth, Jason and Weckert, John (2008), An internal enterprise framework for identity based management in Conferences in Research and Practice in IT. Weckert, John (2007), An Approach to Nanoethics in Graeme Hodge, Diana Bowman and Karinne Ludlow (eds), New Global Regulatory Frontiers: The Age of Nanotechnology, Edward Elgar. Weckert, John (2007), A computer enhanced good life in Soraj Hongladarom ed. Computing and Philosophy in Asia. Cambridge Scholars Press. (Selected papers from the 2nd Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference). Weckert, John and Al-Saggaf, Yeslam (2008), Regulation and governance of the Internet in Herman Tavani and Kenneth Himma (eds). Weckert, John and Moor, James (2007), The precautionary principle in nanotechnology, in Allhoff, Fritz, Lin, Patrick, Moor James and Weckert, John, (eds) (2006), Nanotechnology: The Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology, reprinted from International Journal of Applied Philosophy 20, 2006. Rooksby, Emma, Weckert, John and Lucas, Richard (2007), The digital divide in Australia: is rural Australia missing out? in Rooksby, Emma and Weckert, John (eds). Information Technology and Social Justice, Idea Group, Inc. Al-Saggaf, Yeslam and Weckert, John (2006), Political Online Communities (POCs) in Saudi Arabia, Marshall, S. Taylor, W. and Yu, X. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Developing Regional Communities with ICT, pp. 557-563. USA: Idea Group Reference. Sadagopan, Sowmyanarayanan and Weckert, John (2005), The Information Society in the Asia-Pacific Region: India and Australia in Perspectives and Policies on ICT in Society Berleur, Jacques and Avgerou, Chrisanthi (eds), Springer & SBS Media, 67-76. Weckert, John (2005), On-line trust, in Cavalier, Robert, ed. The Impact of the Internet on Our Moral Lives, SUNY Press, 95-117. Weckert, John (2005), The Control of Scientific Research: The Case of Nanotechnology, in Tavani, Herman, Ethical Aspects of Computational Genomics, Jones and Bartlett, reprinted from The Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, 2001. Moor, James and Weckert, John (2004), Nanoethics: assessing the nanoscale from an ethical point of view, in Joachim Schummer and Alfred Nordmann, editors, Discovering The Nanoscale, IOS Press. Rooksby, Emma and Weckert, John (2003), The moral significance of the digital divide, in Linda Brennan and Victoria Johnson, eds. Social, Ethical, and Policy Implications of Information Systems, SUNY, 29-47. Weckert, John (2000), Offence on the Internet, in Collste, G. (ed) Ethics and Information Technology, Delhi: New Academic Publishers, 1998, reprinted in G. Collste, G. (ed), Ethics in the Age of Information Technology, Centre for Applied Ethics, Linkoping, Sweden. Reprinted as "Giving Offense on the Internet" in Rogerson, Simon and Bynum, Terrell Ward (2003) (eds), Computer Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Basil Blackwell Publishers. Modified Spanish version, Barroso, Porfirio and Weckert, John (2000), "Material ofensivo en Internet" Deontología y Autorregulación informativa. Ensayos desde una perspectiva comparada, Mexico, pp. 69 84. Weckert, John 3
Weckert, John (2002), Intellectual property and computer software, in Larmer, Robert A. (ed), Ethics in the Workplace: selected Readings in Business Ethics, second edition, Wadsworth, 293-300. Miller, Seumas and Weckert, John, (2002) Privacy, the workplace and the Internet, in Miller, Robert K. (ed), Motives for Writing, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 563-577. Weckert, John (2002), Trust, corruption, and surveillance in the electronic workplace in Brunnstein, Klaus and Berleur, Jacques (eds), Human Choice and Computers: Issues of Choice and Quality of Life in the Information Society, Kluwer, Boston, 17 th IFIP World Computer Congress, Montreal, 109-120. Weckert, John (2002), Lilliputian computer ethics, in Moor, James H. and Bynum, Terrell Ward editors, CyberPhilosophy: The Intersection of Philosophy and Computing, Blackwell, 270-278, reprinted from Metaphilosophy 33, 2002. Weckert, John (1997), Sexual content in film and television, Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Chadwick, Ruth (Editor-in-Chief), Academic Press, San Diego, CA. Reprinted in The Concise Encyclopedia of Ethics in Politics and the Media, Chadwick, Ruth (ed), Academic Press, San Diego, 2001, 275-281. Weckert, John (1999), What is New or Unique about Activities in the Internet Medium in Langford, Duncan (ed), Internet Ethics, MacMillan. Weckert, John and Adeney, Douglas (1996) Digit Data: Moral Manipulation, in Kizza, J. (ed), The Social and Ethical Effects of the Computer Revolution. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. Weckert, John and Adeney, Douglas (1996). Freedom of speech, censorship and the Internet, in Miller, Seumas (ed), Issues in Computer Ethics. Keon Publications. Johnston, Mark and Weckert, John (1992), Automating monograph selection, in Weckert, John and McDonald, Craig (eds) (1992), Intelligent Library Systems, Proceedings of the Intelligent Library Systems conference, Charles Sturt University, September, 1992, Centre for Information Studies, CSU. Weckert, John (1991), How expert can expert systems be? in McDonald, Craig and Weckert, John (eds), Libraries and Expert Systems, Taylor Graham, London, (Proceedings of the Libraries and Expert Systems conference, Charles Sturt University-Riverina, July, 1990). Mark Johnston and Weckert, John (1991), Expert assistance for collection development, in McDonald, Craig and Weckert, John (eds), Libraries and Expert Systems, Taylor Graham, London, (Proceedings of the Libraries and Expert Systems conference, Charles Sturt University-Riverina, July, 1990). Articles in Refereed Journals Burmeister, Oliver, Williamson, Kirsty and Weckert, John (2011), Seniors extend understanding of what constitutes universal values Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 9, pp. 238 252. Al-Saggaf, Yeslam and Weckert, John (2011), Privacy from a Saudi Arabian Perspective, Journal of Information Ethics, 20(1), 8(1-2), pp. 34-53. Al-Saggaf, Yeslam and Weckert, John (2011), Freedom of expression online in Saudi Arabia, Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics, 8(1-2), pp. 61-68. Gibb, Forbes, Thornley, Clare, Weckert, John and Ferguson, Stewart (2011), The application of RFIDs in libraries: an assessment of technological, management Weckert, John 4
and professional issues International Journal of Information Management International Journal of Information Management, 31, 244 251. Thornley, Clare, Ferguson, Stuart, Weckert, John and Gibb, Forbes (2011), Do RFIDs (radio frequency identifier devices) provide new ethical dilemmas for librarians and information professionals? International Journal of Information Management International Journal of Information Management, 31, 546-555. Allhoff, Fritz, Lin, Patrick, Moor James and Weckert, John (2010) "Ethics of Human Enhancement: 25 Questions & Answers" Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology Weckert, John (2010) Nanotechnology, health and energy Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, 11, 45-55. Weckert, John (2010), Comment on Charles Ess Trust and New Communication Technologies: Vicious Circles, Virtuous Circles, Possible Futures by Charles M. Ess, Knowledge, Technology & Policy, 23, 307-309. Rashid, Awais, Weckert John and Lucas, Richard (2009), Software engineering ethics in a digital world Computer, 34-41 IEEE Computer (Guest editors introduction to a special cover feature). Zia, T., Al-Saggaf, Y., Islam, M. Z., Zheng, L., and Weckert, J. (2009). The Digital Divide in Asia: Cases from Yemen, Bangladesh, Pakistan and China, Journal of Information Ethics, 18(2), pp. 50 76. Weckert, John (2007), Giving and taking offence in a global context International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 25-35. Weckert, John and Moor, James (2006), The precautionary principle in nanotechnology, International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 20, 191-204. Weckert, John and Dalgarno, Barney (2006), Child pornography and deception on the Internet: some ethical considerations, Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 4, 173-182. Bowern, Mike, Burmeister, Oliver, Gotterbarn, Don and Weckert, John (2006), "ICT integrity: bringing the ACS Code of Ethics up to date", Australian Journal of Information Systems 13, 169-181. Ferguson, Stuart, Salmond, Rachel, Al-Saggaf, Yeslam, Bowern, Mike and Weckert, John (2005), The use of case studies in professional codes of Ethics: The relevance of the ACS experience to ALIA s Code of Ethics, Australian Library Journal, 54. Burmeister, Oliver K. and Weckert, John (2003), Applying the new Software Engineering Code of Ethics to Usability Engineering, Journal of Information, Communications and Ethics in Society, 119-132. Weckert, John, and Al-Saggaf, Yeslam (2003), Online Cultural Imperialism: Is it an Ethical Issue? Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 1 (1), 21-29. Dick, Archie L. and Weckert, John (2003), A philosophical Framework for Library and Information Science, by John,M. Budd (A review article), Library Quarterly 73, 2003, 73-77. Weckert, John (2002), Lilliputian computer ethics, Metaphilosophy 33, 366-375. Rooksby, Emma, Weckert, John and Lucas, Richard (2002), The rural digital divide in Australia, Rural Society 12, 197-210. Weckert, John (2001), The Control of Scientific Research: The Case of Nanotechnology, The Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics. Weckert, John (2001), Computer ethics: future directions, Ethics and Information Technology 3, 93-96. Weckert, John 5
Weckert, John (2001), IT research and development: should there be control?, Australian Journal of Information Systems, 8, 63-67. Miller, Seumas and Weckert, John (2000), Privacy, the workplace and the Internet, Journal of Business Ethics 28, pp. 255 265 (reprinted in Robert K. Miller above). Rogerson, Simon, Weckert, John and Simpson, Chris (2000), An Ethical Review of Information Systems Development: the Australian Computer Society s Code of Ethics and SSADM Information Technology and People 13, 121-136. Weckert, John (2000), What is so bad about Internet content regulation? Ethics and Information Technology 2, 105-111. Ferguson, Stuart and Weckert, John (1998), Duty of care: emerging professionalism of can of worms? The Library Quarterly, October. Scott, Jan and Weckert, John (1997), Helping the User to Understand: Dynamic Explanations, AI Applications 11, pp. 19-29. Weckert, John (1997), Intellectual property and computer software, Business Ethics: A European Review. April, pp. 102-109. Weckert, John and Davis, Richard (1997), Artificial Intelligence in Natural Resource Management in Australia, AI Applications 11, pp. 16-18. Weckert, John and Adeney, Douglas (1996), Censorship on the World Wide Web, Australian Library Review 13 (February). Weckert, John and Ferguson, Stuart (1993), 'Ethics, reference and expert systems'. Australian Library Journal 42. Johnston, Mark and Weckert, John (1991), Machine learning for library monograph selection, Expert Systems for Information Management 4. Weckert, John (1990), 'Functionalism's impotence'. Philosophical Inquiry 12. Weckert, John and Cooper, Clare (1990), Artificial intelligence, expert systems and librarianship: a review of the literature, Australian Library Review 7. Johnston, Mark and Weckert, John (1990), Selection advise: an expert system for collection development, Information Technology and Libraries 9. Weckert, John and Cooper, Clare (1989), Expert systems and libraries, Riverina Library Review 6. Weckert, John (1986), The theory-ladenness of observations, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 17. Weckert, John (1986), Putnam, reference and essentialism, Dialogue 25. Weckert, John (1984), Is relativism self-refuting? Educational Philosophy and Theory 16. Recent refereed conferences Weckert, J. (2010) In defence of the precautionary principle Technology and Society (ISTAS), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on 7-9 June 2010, 42 47. Al-Saggaf, Y. & Weckert, J. (2010) Freedom of expression on the Saudi Internet. In F. Sudweeks, H. Hrachovec & C. Ess (Eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication. (pp. 247-262). Vancouver, Canada, 15-18 June 2010. Murdoch: School of Information Technology, Murdoch University. Reports Weckert, John 6
Weckert, John (2009), Ethics and Scientific Research: At the Interface. A report prepared for The Ethics Centre of South Australia and the Ian Wark Research Institute, December. Lucas, Richard and Weckert, John (2008), Ethics and Regulation in the ICT Industry. A report for the Australian Computer Society. Rooksby, Emma and Weckert, John (2002), Bridging the DigitalDivide. A report for the government of the Australian Capital Territory. Miller, Seumas, Roberts, Peter and Weckert, John (2001), Risks of electronic corruption in the NSW Public Sector. A report for the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). Current and cecent externally funded projects: Current Promoting Global Responsible Research & Social and Scientific Innovation, EU 7 th Framework Project. Global Model and Observatory for International Responsible Research and Innovation Coordination (on advisory board), EU 7 th Framework Project Completed Risks of electronic corruption in the NSW Public Sector, funded by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), 2000 2001. Bridging the DigitalDivide, funded by the government of the Australian Capital Territory, 2002. Ethical attitudes of members of the Australian Computer Society (ACS), funded by the ACS, 2003-2004. Stakeholders and software quality, in collaboration with ANU, the University of Canberra, and East Tennessee State University; funded by the University of Canberra. 2004. Human relationships on the Internet, in collaboration with Erasmus University, funded by the ARC Linkage International grant, 2003-2004. Teaching Computer Ethics in Schools, funded by a private foundation and the Australian Computer Society, 2003-2004. Case Studies for The ACS Code of Ethics, Funded by the ACS, 2004. Ethics and regulation in the ICT industry, ARC Linkage grant, industry partner, Australian Computer Society, 2005 2007 (220k Aus) Completed December 2008. Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology and Human Enhancement. National Science Foundation (USA) (170k Aus) Generating knowledge and avoiding plagiarism: Smart information use by secondary students, ARC Linkage grant, industry partner, various Melbourne secondary schools, 2006-2007 (109k Aus) NANOTRUST: Ethical Conditions for a Socially Robust Use of Nanobiotechnology in Aquaculture. Research Council of Norway (950k Aus) Ethical and regulatory challenges raised by synthetic biology funded by the EU 7 th Framework 2009-2011 (787K euro) Centre and network grants Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics ARC Special Research Centre 9m (Chief Investigator) 2000-2009 Weckert, John 7
The Governance Research Network (GovNet) ARC Network grant, Organisation: Griffith University 1.2m (Chief Investigator) 2004-2008. Weckert, John 8