CARE: Cyber Awareness, Responsibility and Ethics
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CARE is a classroom based educational program designed to help K-12 students know and understand the opportunities and responsibilities for the use of cyber technologies (computers and related information management tools). The program is based on the public safety component of the Hillsboro, Oregon's Vision 2020, a forward-looking plan developed by the community to focus and guide the complex and interrelated elements of growth in the municipality.
It is appropriate to describe the organization of the CARE program as currently under construction. Program management is, however, centered in the Hillsboro Police Department and exists under the auspices and with the active support of Chief of Police Ron Louie and his senior management staff. As teaching and learning activities evolve, important program leadership and participation will be enlisted from the Hillsboro School District, business community, regional law enforcement agencies, local universities and the Police Reserve Specialist Program (PRS), among others.
Program Focus
The goal of the CARE program is to help students become responsible users of cyber technology (computers and related information management technologies).
General Objectives:
1. To help students understand how cyber technologies contribute to their lives and to the lives of their family, community, nation and society.
2. To help students understand their individual and corporate responsibility for maintaining the integrity and availability of cyber commerce.
3. To help students understand how cyber technologies have developed, and the prospects for future evolution.
4. To help students understand the scope of employment opportunities in cyber technologies (computer and related information technologies).
5. To help students understand the legal structure within which cyber technologies exist and operate.
6. To help students understand the ethical considerations associated with the use of cyber technologies, including the individual and social benefits of responsible use - and the individual and social harm that can be caused by irresponsible use.
For a more details see CARE: Cyber Awareness, Responsibility and Ethics