Ethics and Information Technology II Information Technology in
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Ethics and Information Technology II Information Technology in Business and Society I
Information Ethics • Information ethics deals with the moral problems caused by the development and usage of IT as well as the collection, usage and distribution of the information itself. • The computers or IT components do not have ethics themselves.
Basic Concepts • Privacy is the right to be left alone, to have control over your personal life, and not to be observed. • Confidentiality is related to privacy • Confidentiality means that only those who authorize can view the personal information.
Basic Concepts • Copyright is the legal protection afforded an expression of an idea, such as a song, book, or video game. • A patent is an exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention and is granted to the inventor. • Patent wars between Apple and Samsung
Basic Concepts • Pirated software is the unauthorized use, duplication, distribution, or sale of copyrighted software. • Closed software vs F/OSS • Counterfeit software is software that is manufactured to look like the real thing and sold as such.
Does Ethics Itself Enough? • “I love you” virus in 2000– from Philippines • No law against this crime • Being Ethical and Being Legal are the same thing? • Law is a system of rules that tells us what we can and we cannot do. • Laws are enforced by institutions.
Does Ethics Itself Enough? Legal Unethical Ethical Not Legal 1 – Child Labor 2 – Volkswagen in Foreign Case Countries 34 – hiring someone in the
Does Ethics Itself Enough? • Being ethical does not always mean that being legal. • The goal for a business is to stay in the 3 rd area. • Ethics itself does not enough. • Legislation is necessary.
References • Laudon, K. And J. Laudon, Management Information Systems Managing the Digital Firm, 12 th Ed. , Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012. • Baltzan, P. , Business Driven Information Systems, 4 th. Ed. , Mc. Graw Hill, 2014. • Himma, K. and H. Tavani, The Handbook of Information Ethics, Wiley, 2008 • Reynolds, G. W. , Ethics in Information Technology, Cengage Learning, 5 th Ed, 2015.