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Pert 7 - Ethics and Privacy

This document discusses ethical issues related to information systems and privacy. It defines ethics and codes of ethics, and outlines some fundamental tenets of ethics like responsibility and accountability. It also distinguishes between unethical and illegal acts. The document then discusses four categories of ethical issues: privacy issues, accuracy issues, property issues, and accessibility issues. A significant portion of the document focuses on privacy issues, threats to privacy like data aggregation and electronic surveillance, and ways to protect privacy.

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Pert 7 - Ethics and Privacy

This document discusses ethical issues related to information systems and privacy. It defines ethics and codes of ethics, and outlines some fundamental tenets of ethics like responsibility and accountability. It also distinguishes between unethical and illegal acts. The document then discusses four categories of ethical issues: privacy issues, accuracy issues, property issues, and accessibility issues. A significant portion of the document focuses on privacy issues, threats to privacy like data aggregation and electronic surveillance, and ways to protect privacy.

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CHAPTER 7

Information Systems: Ethics and Privacy


CHAPTER OUTLINE

3.1 Ethical Issues


3.2 Privacy
NASA Loses Secret
Information for Years
Ethical Issues

◼ Ethics
A branch of philosophy that deals with what is
considered to be right and wrong.

◼ Code of Ethics
A Code of Ethics is a collection of principles
that are intended to guide decision making by
members of an organization.
Fundamental Tenets of Ethics

◼ Responsibility
means that you accept the consequences of
your decisions and actions
◼ Accountability
means a determination of who is responsible for
actions that were taken.

◼ Liability
Liability is a legal concept meaning that individuals
have the right to recover the damages done to them
by other individuals, organizations, or systems.
Unethical vs. Illegal

What is unethical is not necessarily illegal.

Ethics scenarios
The Four Categories of Ethical Issues

◼ Privacy Issues
◼ Accuracy Issues
◼ Property Issues
◼ Accessibility Issues
Privacy Issues

How much privacy


do we have left?
Privacy
Court decisions have followed two rules:

(1) The right of privacy is not absolute.


Your privacy must be balanced against the
needs of society.
(2) The public’s right to know is superior to
the individual’s right of privacy.
Threats to Privacy
◼ Data aggregators, digital dossiers, and
profiling
◼ Electronic Surveillance
◼ Personal Information in Databases
◼ Information on Internet Bulletin Boards,
Newsgroups, and Social Networking Sites
Data Aggregators, Digital Dossiers,
and Profiling
Electronic Surveillance

The tracking of
people‘s
activities, online
or offline, with
the aid of
computers.
Electronic Surveillance

◼ See "The State of Surveillance" article in


BusinessWeek
◼ See the surveillance slideshow
◼ See additional surveillance slides
◼ And you think you have privacy? (video)
◼ Sense-through-the-Wall
Personal Information in Databases
◼ Banks
◼ Utility companies
◼ Government agencies
◼ Credit reporting agencies
Information on Internet Bulletin Boards,
Newsgroups, and Social Networking Sites
Social Networking Sites Can
Cause You Problems

Anyone can post derogatory information about


you anonymously.
(See this Washington Post article.)

You can also hurt yourself, as this article


shows.
What Can You Do?
First, be careful what information you post on
social networking sites.

Second, a company, ReputationDefender, says


it can remove derogatory information from the
Web.
Protecting Privacy

◼ Privacy Codes and Policies


◼ Opt-out Model
◼ Opt-in Model

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