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Ethics and Online Issues
Using the computer and
online resources appropriately.
What are ETHICS?
What are your responsibilities?
What are the rules?During this presentation you will learn
about ethical issues concerning computer usage.
Don’t get stuck doing something illegal with computers and/or online resources.
Don’t get hung up on these computer issues.
Security
Information
Privacy
Ethics
SecurityComputer Viruses Executable files that
insert intrusive programs among other files Infect files on your computer Cause various kinds of damage to computer data
Security
Unauthorized Access and Use Breaking into computer
systems without proper access rights (Hacking)
How would you feel about someone hacking into your computer?
Movie example – The Net
Laws about vandalism
Attempts to harm or destroy data or hardware of another user, agency, or network can be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
SecurityTheft Hardware theft: Laptops stolen
from cars Software and other theft:
Downloading files from the Internet without permission (music, graphics, software)
Piracy: Copying and installing computer programs (even for personal use) without permission
Security
Computer Failures Crashes are an annoying
fact of life when owning computers.
What usually solves computer errors? REBOOTING
Save often and backup files frequently to prevent loss of information
Store backups offsite
Information Privacy
Information Privacy
Beware of any site
that asks for your
Social Security #.
Beware of any site
that asks for
specific personal
information when
you are not on a
secure link.
Information Privacy
Watchdog organizations and new laws governing business activity online may help protect you from certain abuses of Internet communications, but the best protection is your own good sense.” (Preparing for IC3 Certification, DDC)
Information PrivacyMany items of information about you that you might not want generally known are defined as public and can be published without your permission.
Some of these are your full name, your home address, your phone number, debts you owe, court judgments against you, courses you’ve taken, and police actions relating to you.
Generally speaking, people who know where to look can find out a lot about you.” (USU Ethics Module)
Information Privacy Employers have the right to
monitor your work and use of the computer at your place of employment.
Time spent playing computer games or surfing the Internet during work hours is costly to a business and could be cause for reprimand or dismissal (firing).
Ethics
What are ETHICS?
Standards of right and wrong
Principles that guide your behavior
Don’t get stuck doing something illegal with your computer or online
resources.
Code of Conduct
A set of rules to guide behavior and decisions. A code of conduct can outline Professional behavior
Doctor, Lawyer, Military, etc.
Ethics
Information Accuracy Not everything that you
read on the Internet is true!!!
Make sure information is accurate before putting it on the Internet.
No one polices the validity, accuracy, and reliability of the information on the Net.
Ethics
Information Accuracy Plagiarism: Using another
person’s ideas and presenting them as your own. Be sure to give credit where
credit is due. Cite borrowed material with
textual citations. Use material in a way that
preserves the meaning and context intended by the author.
Ethics
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) Most educational institutions
have a document that governs the use of the computers and networks owned by the institution.
This document, commonly called an Acceptable Use Policy or AUP, outlines what types of uses are acceptable and which are prohibited.”
(USU Ethics Module)
EthicsInternet Security and
PrivacyCompany’s
responsibilities: To protect
information about business operations
To protect employee and customer information
Ethics
Objectionable Materials Deciding what to censor
and for whom has been a very controversial subject.
Companies may have legal liability if an employee performs certain types of activities online from a company computer.
Laws about nuisance or harassment
It doesn’t matter if your intention was to be funny, or friendly, or something else.
If the person you contact through the Internet is uncomfortable,
Or it’s illegal!!!
The right to control how your art, literature or other work is used.
Intent: to advance the progress of knowledge by giving the creator an economic incentive to create new works.
It has to be tangible to be copyrighted.
A document may be copyrighted even if it doesn’t state that it is.
opyright and Licensing Laws
Fair Use LawsUser must weight four factors:
The purpose and character of the use
The amount and substantiality of the portion used.
The effect on the potential market for the copyrighted work.
The nature of the copyrighted work
Copyright Issues Pertaining to SoftwareFour Software Copyright
Categories: Public Domain Freeware Shareware Copyrighted or All Rights
Reserved
What is Copyright? Rights possessed by the
author of a work. Just because something is
on the Internet does not give anyone who views it the right to take ownership of it.
Public Domain
Free software Can be used
without restriction
Not copyrighted or copyright has expired
RareUnreliablePoor qualityVirus-laden
No cost? That
may be exactly
how much th
is
software is
worth.
Freeware? Copyrighted software
that is given away free by the author.
Although it is available for free, the author retains the copyright, which means that you cannot do anything with it that is not expressly allowed by the author.
Usually, the author allows people to use the software, but not sell it.
Some
free
war
e is
“rea
lly g
ood s
tuff.”
Pegasus Mail
Eudora Light
Netscape
Internet Explorer
Shareware
Copyrighted software Distributed on the honor
system Can be examined free of
charge for a trial period and then you must pay for the software
Copyright or All Rights Reserved
Software that is purchased
Must abide by the restrictions of the license agreement
“Wonderful stuff!”
Word Excel PowerPoint Access Illustrator
MicroType QuarkXPress Fireworks Dreamweaver Vision
Windows Quick Books ClickArt Freehand Flash
In Design Quattro Pro Paint MP3 Point and Click
PhotoShop Age of Empires WordPerfect Anti-Virus Camedia
IF Y
OU DO N
OT ACCEPT T
HIS
LICENSE A
GREEMENT, D
O
NOT OPEN T
HE ENCLOSED
PACKET OR B
REAK THE SEAL
ON THE C
D-ROM
The only right granted to the
Customer is the right to USE
the SOFTW
ARE and
accompanying docum
entation
in accordance with this License
Agreement.
The customer may not modify, translate, copy, reproduce, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, or otherwise derive source code from, the SOFTWARE or accompanying documentation, or use it as a basis for the preparation of other software programs
Customers who have purchased a Single-User license may INSTALL and USE the SOFTWARE on one computer.
The software and accompanying documentation may not be transmitted electronically, including over the Internet, rented, loaned, leased, sold, distributed, made available, directly or indirectly, for USE by any other person or entity not covered by this License Agreement.
Excerpts from QuarkXPress software license agreement
Even if you can. Even if you can.
Even if no one will ever find Even if no one will ever find out.out.
Follow the license agreement Follow the license agreement or you will be breaking the or you will be breaking the law.law.
ReferencesBarquin, Ramon C. “In Pursuit of a Ten Commandments of
Computer Ethics.” Computer Ethics Institute. Brookings University. www.brook.edu/. 1992.
Bower, Kevin W. Ethics and Computing. IEEE Computer Society Press, 1996.
Ethics Presentation. Computer Technology Committee. Davis School District. 2003.
Hilton, Dr. Thomas, et. Al. “Ethics Teaching Module.” Utah State University. http://conlit.usu.edu/ethics modules.html. 23 October 2002.
Simmons, Toni. Ethics Presentation. Utah State Office of Education. www.uen.org/lessonplan. 2003.
Wray, Paul. Preparing for IC3 Certification. DDC Publishing Company. 2003.
Click on the Hand graphic below to find the answers
for the Ten Commandments of
Computer Ethics Study Guide.
Use computer
and online
resources
appropriately.
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