IT ETHICS & CODES OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

1. IT ETHICS & CODES OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Presented by AlhajiLadiOgunneye, FNCS, FIoD PAST PRESIDENT – NCS IMMEDIATE PAST PROVOST – NCS COLLEGE OF FELLOWS AT THE 2014 CPN NEW MEMBERS’ INDUCTION CEREMONY 18TH JUNE 2014

2. OUTLINE • DEFINITIONS: - Who is a professional? - Ethics - Code of professional practice • UNIQUENESS OF THE IT PROFESSION • THE MAKING OF A TRUE PROFESSIONAL • ETHICS & CODE OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE • CONCLUSION AND YOUR INDUCTION PLEDGE • QUESTIONS & ANSWERS IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

3. DEFINITIONS PROFESSIONAL: In between the World English and Webster Dictionaries, there are a couple of different definitions of the word ‘Professional’ • A professional is he/she who has or shows the skill, good judgment & polite behavior that is expected from a person who is trained to do a job well. • One who engages in one of the learned professions, characterized by or conforming to the technical and standards of a profession. • A person who engages in an activity with great competence. • Person formally certified by a professional body of belonging to a specific profession by virtue of having completed a required course of studies and/or practice. And whose competence can be measured against an established set of standards. IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

4. DEFINITIONS CONT’D ETHICS Are written or not written set of beliefs about right and wrong behaviors. CODE OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Enforceable set of Principles and acceptance Practices put together to guide the professional behaviors in work places. They are meant to serve as guidelines for ethical decision making, high standard of practice & ethical behavior, trust & respect from general public & evaluation benchmark for self-assessment with an overall aim of benefitting the individual, the profession and the society at large. IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

5. UNIQUENESS OF THE IT PROFESSION The All-comers Profession: There is no other profession that has attracted so much inter-professional interest as Information Technology. The positive side of this joint stake-ownership is that many other professions and professionals heavily rely on the usage of IT tools in the successful delivery of their own jobs and profession. I have had to enviously watch Architects, Engineers and Doctors dexterously banging away at the keyboard of their laptops and in their usage of IT tools. In a way, this should be good news: more IT products & services will be sold. The Zinox, Omatek, Chams, System Specs of this world and lots of individual professionals are expected to benefit more. IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

6. UNIQUENESS OF THE IT PROFESSION CONT’D The area we should frown at, is when the all-comers tag get abused. Such as when: • Non professionals are given the order to supply IT equipments at the expense of qualified professionals. • When rich corporate entities take advantage of their size to undermine registered IT outfits. There was time when a bank ventured into having an IT outfit not only to service her IT needs but to go into competing for IT jobs. IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

7. UNIQUENESS OF THE IT PROFESSION CONT’D Therefore in the all-comers profession that we find ourselves we have no choice but to reach deeper and be more knowledgeable than the IT users who are not strictly IT professionals. An IT professional in this decade, can’t afford to be lazy or laid back. IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

8. UNIQUENESS OF THE IT PROFESSION CONT’D IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

9. THE MAKING OF A TRUE PROFESSIONAL IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

10. THE MAKING OF A TRUE PROFESSIONAL • OBLIGATIONS TO YOUR PROFESSIONAL BODY/SOCIETY (Good knowledge of the instrument that sets up your professional body: Bill/Act/Constitution/Byelaws). Endeavor to give service and work for changes and perfection from within.. • PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OBLIGATIONS TO: - Employers or Clients - Suppliers - Fellow professionals - Other IT users - Society at large (Details next slide) • KNOWLEDGE OF THE DOs AND DON’Ts OF YOUR PROFESSION: (Ethics and Code of Professional Practice – Published or otherwise) • KNOWLEDGE OF EQUITABLE PROFESSIONAL CHARGES (Scale of Professional charges - Published or researched ) IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

11. ETHICS AND CODE OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE • To employers or client - set an example & enforce policies regarding the ethical use of IT, non-disclosure of private data or information except by client permission or by law, confidentiality of trade secrets & information used in business. • To suppliers – deal fairly with no unreasonable demands, and avoid bribery against business advantage. Professionals including IT professionals have many different relationships that require proper professional conduct : IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

12. Ethics & Code of Professional Practice Cont’d • To other Professionals – Professionals owe each other adherence to a profession’s code of conduct, credit for all intellectual property work performed by others, resolve ethical problems b/w members of the IT profession such as résumé inflation & inappropriate sharing of corporate information. • To IT Users – IT users are persons who uses the product or service. You need to understand & deliver products & services that best meet their needs & capabilities, establish environment that support ethical behavior by users. • To Society (Country) – Showcase best practice & proper ethical conduct to society at all times, promote, obey & have good knowledge of laws & regulations relating to the practice of the profession. IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

13. RESPONSIBILITIES & OBLIGATIONS IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

14. RESPONSIBILITIES & OBLIGATIONS • Motivate yourself to take on greater personal & social responsibilities • Stay abreast of public policy & changes in social theory • Continually improve your abilities The above supports the call & effort at continuing education. IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

15. RESPONSIBILITIES & OBLIGATIONS • Do not abuse your privilege of access to private information • Make every effort to prevent unauthorized disclosure of private information • Utilize available technology to protect private information • Strive to improve on the protection of private information – Always be a step ahead of the bad guys IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

16. Responsibilities & Obligations cont’d • Do not pass as your own the work of others without proper credit to the author • Do not attempt to access computers or networks on which you are not authorized • Do not attempt to gather information for the purpose of identity discovery – privacy & protection through anonymity • Be open to the consideration of others IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

17. Responsibilities & Obligations cont’d • Fair representation – Do as you imply • Be impartial – Assessments of colleagues & subordinates should be objective • Respect the rights of others • Treat others justly IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

18. Responsibilities & Obligations Cont’d • Maintain your personal & professional integrity • Recognize that your needs can only be met by cooperation with others • Support improved access to information of all types in digital form • Respect the choice of anonymity IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

19. Responsibilities & Obligations Cont’d • Only access that information which is required to complete your task • Foster “voluntary cooperative action of individuals & groups” in complying with the code, because it is key to the success of any code of ethics. • Disclose information that others ought to know • Take responsibilities for your actions & inactions IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

20. Responsibilities & Obligations cont’d • Take responsibilities for the actions of those you supervise • Share your knowledge, expertise and values • ETC • ETC All those behaviors that are Professional, Ethical and Legal. IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

21. YOUR INDUCTION PLEDGE Professional code of ethics & Practice describes the principles & core values essential to the work of a professional group; and all IT Professionals are expected to adhere strictly to them. As the inductees sign and hand over the individual induction document ending with ‘So help me God’, you have subjected yourselves to the Disciplinary discretion of CPN IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice

22. THANK YOU WHILE WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK AS A REGISTERED IT PROFESSIONALS IT Ethics and Codes of Professional Practice