Information Systems Ethics :: Technology Internet Papers

The area of study Systems ethics has received a sporting amount of attention in recent times. IS Professionals generally agree that we exigency adequate ground rules to govern the map of present day Information Technology. We have also recognized for many historic period the need to interconnected ethics into IS curricula. Current mechanisms which attempt to make IS professionals and students more sensitive to the estimable concerns within IT and IS may be too tightly foc expenditured in terms of both issues and audience, especially in the light of the rapid proliferation of lucre use.To properly analyze the impact of the Internet on IS ethics, we would need to lay out the appropriate context. To this end, this paper explores several aspects of computer ethics that are pertinent to todays users of IT. For example, who are the people that need to be educated on these issues? What are the issues, and what has been the impact of the Internet on these issues? What are current attitudes, perceptions, and behavior in situations involving computer ethics, and what is the effect of the Internet? Do we have guidelines and codes that provide economic aid for these ethical situations? What else needs to be done to help address some of the problems in this important area?The PeopleSolomon and OBrien found that software plagiarization didnt seem to be much of a problem until microcomputers made their first off major corporate and home appearance about 20 years ago. Rapid proliferation of inexpensive technology certainly does provide an ample reach for an increase in the unethical use of this technology. Today, the pervasiveness of microcomputer and technology use is not limited solely to IS professionals and students. As early as 1984, in his testimony before the US Congress, computer security expert Robert Campbell incriminate the computer industry of failing to develop the necessary ethical modelling for IT use. He went on to say that the technology had a lready breached the boundaries of the professional scope and proliferated into the public domain. Today, technology use spans the widest possible range of activities and often begins at home at an early age. The Internet promises to push this trend forrad at a rapid pace. In spite of this growth in use, many people who use technology at home and at work still find it to be a new and quick changing phenomenon. As a result, for many users of IT today, just learning how to use this volatile technology is the most important, and often the only, consideration ethics and separate related concerns are relegated to the distant background.