Ethics and Information Technology

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Ethics and Information Technology

• Boris Jukic

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Computers and Workplace

• Helpful automatization of mundane tasks
• vs.
• Reducing the employees required skill set

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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

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Privacy and Anonymity

• Is it more valued in cyberspace?
• Is it ethical to google individuals without
  their consent?

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Intellectual Property

• Victimless Crime?
• Different IP aspects of software
• What software does
• How does it do it

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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

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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?

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Big sister is watching youDiscussion

• What ethical problems does this approach solve
• What problems does this approach not solve
• Does this approach create any new problems?

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Ten Commandments Of Computer Ethics

• Discussion