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Ethics

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Presented By:Suresh Machhar


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Learning Objectives

1. Summarize the guidelines for creating aninformation privacy policy.

2. Identify the differences between anethical computer use policy and anacceptable computer use policy

3. Describe the relationship between an e-mail privacy policy and an Internet usepolicy


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4. Explain the effects of spam on anorganization.

5. Summarize the different monitoringtechnologies and explain theimportance of an employeemonitoring policy

Learning Objectives


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INTRODUCTION

Ethics the principles and standards thatguide our behavior toward other people

Important ethical concepts stemming fromIT:

Intellectual property

Copyright Fair use doctrine

Pirated software

Counterfeit software


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INTRODUCTION

ePolicies address information privacy andconfidentiality issues ePolicies policies and procedures that

address the ethical use of computers andInternet usage

Privacy the right to be left alone when youwant to be, to have control over your ownpersonal possessions, and not to be observed

without your consent Confidentiality the assurance that messages

and data are available only to those who areauthorized to view them


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Ethics

Individuals form the only ethicalcomponent of an IT systems


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Ethics

Acting ethically and legally are notalways the same


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INFORMATION HAS NO ETHICS

Information has no ethics

Information does not care how it is used

Information will not stop itself from sendingspam, viruses, or highly-sensitive

information

Information cannot delete or preserve itself


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Developing Information Management

Policies Organizations strive to build a corporate

culture based on ethical principles thatemployees can understand and implement

ePolicies typically include:

Ethical computer use policy

Information privacy policy Acceptable use policy

E-mail privacy policy

Internet use policy

Anti-spam policy


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ETHICAL COMPUTER USE POLICY

Ethicalcomputer use pol icycontains general principles to guidecomputer user behavior

The ethical computer user policyensures all users are informed of the

rules and, by agreeing to use thesystem on that basis, consent toabide by the rules


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ETHICAL COMPUTER USE POLICY

Six principles for ethical informationmanagement


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INFORMATION PRIVACY POLICY

The unethical use of information typicallyoccurs unintentionally when it is used fornew purposes

For example, social security numbers startedas a way to identify government retirementbenefits and are now used as a sort ofuniversal personal ID

Informationprivacypolicy- containsgeneral principles regarding informationprivacy


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INFORMATION PRIVACY POLICY

Information privacy policyguidelines:

1. Adoption and implementation of aprivacy policy

2. Notice and disclosure

3. Choice and consent

4. Information security

5. Information quality and access


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ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

Acceptableusepolicy (AUP) a policythat a user must agree to follow in order tobe provided access to a network or to the

Internet

An AUP usually contains a nonrepudiationclause

Nonrepudiation a contractual stipulation toensure that e-business participants do not deny(repudiate) their online actions


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ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY


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E-MAIL PRIVACY POLICY

Organizations can mitigate the risksof e-mail and instant messagingcommunication tools by implementingand adhering to an e-mail privacypolicy

E-mail privacypolicy details theextent to which e-mail message maybe read by others


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E-MAIL PRIVACY POLICY


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INTERNET USE POLICY

Internetusepolicy contains general principlesto guide the proper use of the Internet


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ANTI-SPAM POLICY

Spam unsolicited e-mail

Spam accounts for 40% to 60% of mostorganizations e-mail and cost U.S.businesses over $10 billion in 2003

Anti-spam policy simply states that e-mail users will not send unsolicited e-mails(or spam)


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Ethicsinthe Workplace

Workplace monitoring is a concern for manyemployees

Organizations can be held financially responsible

for their employees actions

The dilemma surrounding employee monitoring inthe workplace is that an organization is placingitself at risk if it fails to monitor its employees,however, some people feel that monitoringemployees is unethical


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MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES

Monitoring tracking peoples activities by suchmeasures as number of keystrokes, error rate, andnumber of transactions processed


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EMPLOYEE MONITORING POLICIES

Employee monitoring policies explicitly state how,when, and where the company monitors its employees


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