10 ethics in it space.ppt

8/17/2019 10 ethics in IT space.ppt

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Computer Ethics Privacy

Security and accuracy

Ownership of property

Environmental issues

Equity in access

Articial intelligence Unemployment and displacement

Computer misuse

Internal control integrity


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Computer Ethics Computer fraud

!heft" misuse and misappropriation #y

altering computer data !heft" misuse and misappropriation #y

altering software programming

!heft or illegal use of computer data$info Illegal copying or destruction of software

or hardware

%isappropriation of computer hardware


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Computer Ethics +ard drives full with %usic and videos

'ownloading of music from the we#

without paying Software Piracy

,ormatted your hard drive prior to leaving your

company #ecause you were angry a#outleaving


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Information !echnology

Ethics Prior to I!" it may have #een easier to *now

whether the activity was right or wrong -irtual world

•A student uses the copy and pastecommands to place large parts of anelectronic article into an assigned paperand turns the paper in as own wor*


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Information !echnology

Ethics Some users view their computing actions as less

serious than their actions in the .real world/

•Stealing software from a store 0 noway12222222 +owever" S3 piracy costs#usinesses #illions of dollars per year

•Pic*ing a loc* to someone4s house 0 no5+owever" guessing passwords to gain

access to a we#site" information" orprograms is a common

•'o it to demonstrate 6technical heroism6


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I! Ethics Challenges 3or*place

Customer and vendor relationships

Outsourcing issues

Should the employer has the right to

monitor private email messages

• !wo most popular we#sites visited #y

US wor*ers ESP7 and Play#oy


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Computer Crimes ,inancial ,rauds

8aptop theft

-irus$tro)an$worm infection

Insider computer system a#use

!elecommunication fraud

Unauthorised privileged access

Outsider system penetration &+ac*ing(

3e#site defacement


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Computer Security

E9penditure Prioratised sectorwise

!ransportation

:overnment

!elecommunication

+igh;tech

,inancial

8egal

%edical

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