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Ethics and Information Technology

Ethics and Information Technology. Boris Jukic. Computers and Workplace. Helpful automatization of mundane tasks vs. Reducing the employee’s required skill set. Cybercrime. Crime, by definition, is unethical Are there any specific “cyber” issues?

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Ethics and Information Technology

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  1. Ethics and Information Technology Boris Jukic

  2. Computers and Workplace • Helpful automatization of mundane tasks vs. • Reducing the employee’s required skill set

  3. Cybercrime • Crime, by definition, is unethical • Are there any specific “cyber” issues? • Cybervandalism: is it qualitatively different from physical vandalism? • Inside Job: a large proportion of computer related criminal acts is committed by “insiders”

  4. Privacy and Anonymity • Is it more valued in cyberspace? • Is it ethical to “google” individuals without their consent?

  5. Intellectual Property • Victimless Crime? • Different IP aspects of software: • What software does • How does it do it

  6. Professional Responsibility and Trust • What is good for an IT professional vs. • What is good for his/her organization vs. • What is good for his/her clients

  7. Globalization • IT is the primary driver of many current globalization trends • Is it ethical to utilize IT to look for lowest cost employees? • Information gap: myth or reality?

  8. “Big sister is watching you”Discussion • What ethical problems does this approach solve • What problems does this approach not solve • Does this approach create any new problems?

  9. Ten Commandments Of Computer Ethics • Discussion

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