Cyber Ethics

Definition

Cyber ethics is the ethics applied to the online environment. The treatment of what is and is not cyber-ethical behavior may vary from place to place.

Cyber ethics is a code of behavior for using the Internet. One easy way to think about cyber ethics and to address the subject with children is this: acceptable behavior on the Internet is very much the same as acceptable behavior in everyday life. 

Cyber-Ethics is the Ethics applied to the online environment. The treatment of what is and is not cyber-ethical behavior may vary from place to place

Manners applied to the Internet and the use of technology in everyday situations

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The Problem

Immediate Availability of “Really Good Stuff”

Technological Ease of Use

Myths, Lies

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Cyber Issues

Plagiarism

Code and Content Theft

Viruses

Copyright Infringement

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Plagiarism

Online “Knowledge Brokers”

Dissertation and Thesis Downloads

Article Cut & Paste

Chat Rooms & E-Mail “Straight A” Clubs

Obscure Journal Availability

Proving Plagiarism – New Tools for Teachers

Defined Policy and Consequences

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Code and Content Theft

Audio and Image File Theft

Source Code and JavaScript Copying

Web Site Hacking…or Cracking

Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks

E-Mail Interception, Posting, and Redirect

Bogus Content

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Viruses

400 – 1200 New Viruses Every Month

Everyone Is a Target

Source and Sender Can Be Determined

Liability and Damages Can Be Assessed

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Copyright Infringement

“Who Will Ever Know…”

“Copyright Police” & Digital Tracking

Watermarks

Digital Download Trace

Web Bots & Search Spiders

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Internet Copyright Myths No © Symbol Means No Copyright Exists

Material On the Net Is Automatically OK to Copy

It’s Free Advertising and Distribution for the Author

Copyrighted Material on a Free Website Is OK to Use

Material On the Web is Public Domain

Do & don’t in cyber ethics

DO DON’T

Schoolwork Use the internet to help you do the homework. You can find many information inside the internet.

Don’t copy other people works and call it your own. Do credits to the author or website.

Music, videos and copyright

Use the internet to learn about music, video and games.

Don’t use the internet to download or share copyrighted material.

Do & don’t in cyber ethics

DO DON’T

E-mail and instant messaging (IM)

Use the internet to communicate with friends and family. But make sure you know to whom you exchange your e-mail and IM

Don’t use the internet to communicate with strangers. Don’t pretend to be someone else and don’t be rude or use bad language.

For Parents Encourage your children to use the Internet. The Internet has a lot good things to offer children.

Don't leave your children unsupervised. Make sure you know what sites your children visit when they're on the internet, and with whom they're communicating. Look over their shoulder. Keep track of the websites they visit.

Rules of cyber

Do not use rude or offensive language.  Don’t be a bully on the Internet. Do not call

people names, lie about them, send embarrassing pictures of them, or do anything else to try to hurt them. 

Do not copy information from the Internet and claim it as yours. That is called plagiarism. 

Adhere to copyright restrictions when downloading material including software, games, movies, or music from the Internet. 

Do not break into someone else’s computer.  Do not attempt to infect or in any way try to

make someone else’s computer unusable. 

ConclusionCyber ethics is important in cyber life. Although cyber world is not in reality life, but we have to follow the ethics. For example, don’t take other people work and make it like your own work. You should credit to them. Moreover, when people follow the rules, there is no misunderstood in cyber world. People will respect each other even in cyber world.

References

http://us.norton.com/library/familyresource/article.jsp?aid=pr_cyberethics

http://iris.nyit.edu/~mtehrani/Week2_assignment1_MTehrani.pdf

http://computer.yourdictionary.com/cyber-etiquette