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Technology in Action
Technology in Focus:
Information Technology Ethics
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Ethics Defined
• Study of morals and moral choices• Match established ideas of right and wrong• Fairness• Equity• Guidelines for decision making
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Ethics Defined (cont.)
• Systems of ethical conduct– Relativism– Situational ethics– Religious traditions
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Ethics Defined (cont.)• Societal ethics
– A general set of unwritten guidelines• Rule utilitarianism
– Espouses establishing moral guidelines through rules (moral code)
• Unethical behavior– Not conforming to a set of approved standards
of social or professional behavior– Not necessarily illegal– Not all illegal behavior is unethical
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Ethics Defined (cont.)• Amoral behavior
– No sense of right and wrong– No interest in the moral consequences of
actions
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Personal Ethics
• Checklist of personal decisions • Can be well defined• Can be applied inconsistently
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Personal Ethics (cont.)
• How do personal ethics develop?–Family and cultural bias–Religious affiliation–Life experiences
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Define Your Personal Ethics
• Describe yourself• List your beliefs• Identify external influences• Consider “why”• Prepare a statement of values
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Personal Ethics
• Benefits of ethical living– Obeying laws– Less stress and anger– Increased happiness
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Personal Ethics and Your Worldview
• Do your ethics match those of your workplace?– Whistle-blowers
• Turn businesses in to regulatory agencies for committing illegal acts
• Also can expose unethical (but still legal) acts by their employers by exposing unethical behavior through various media outlets
• Are your ethics away from work a concern for your employer?
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Technology and Ethics
• Technology is all around us
• Technology movesquickly
• Rules governing technology move more slowly
• Use of technology is left up to personal ethics
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Using Computers to Support Ethical Conduct
• Charitable organizations use the Internet for fund-raising
• Companies must provide mechanisms to report unethical behavior anonymously
• Intranets and e-mail are used to inform employees of ethics policies
• Your personal ethics must guide your decisions concerning technology
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Social Justice: Whistle-Blowing with Web 2.0
• Are there things the public does not have a right to see?
• What access should corporate whistle-blowers have to distributing materials?– Web 2.0– Wikileaks
• Does society have a responsibility to use technology to help achieve social justice?
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Intellectual Property: International Pirates
• Copyright laws protect intellectual property• Challenges in enforcing these standards in
other countries• In 2009, 79 percent of China’s computers
ran on pirated software• U.S. lawmakers identified five countries not
doing enough to prevent piracy: Canada, China, Mexico, Russia, and Spain
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Privacy: Does Social Media Erode Personal Privacy?
• Privacy is a basic human right• Social media sites are
inherently about sharing information with others
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E-Commerce: Geolocation:Marketing Tool or Invasion of Privacy?• Where are you?• Geolocation: The technology that helps
answer the question• Does the “fun” and “convenience” of
tweets and check-ins cause loss of some of your privacy?
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Electronic Communication:Does Free Speech Have a Price?
• 2006: Google launches self-censored search engine services in China
• 2010: Google, no longer willing to censor results, moves site to Hong Kong
• Microsoft search engine Bing stays in China
• Global Network Initiative
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Computer Abuse: Cyberbullying: Who Should Protect Children from
Each Other?• Cyberbullying• Types
– Bombarding victims with harassing IMs or texts
– Stealing a password and using the victim’s account to embarrass the victim
– Spreading rumors or lies on social networking sites
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Computer Abuse: Cyberbullying: Who Should Protect Children from
Each Other? (cont.)• Types (cont.)
– Posting embarrassing photos or videos on the Web
– Infecting the victim’s computer with malware• Hard to detect• Prevention• No federal law prohibiting cyberbullying;
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