Digital Thinking and Innovation

CT109-3-1
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Digital Ethics

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Learning Outcomes of the Lecture

At the end of this section you will be able to:

• Understand ethics and why is it important to act
according to a code of ethics
• Know why business ethics is becoming increasingly important
• Learn approaches that can be taken to ensure ethical
decision making

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 Ethics
Set of beliefs about right and wrong behavior within a
society. Moral beliefs about right and wrong.

Morality: Shared social conventions about right and wrong

that is the basis for an established consensus

The 5 most common unethical

behaviors in the workplace

1.Misusing company time

2.Abusive behavior
3.Employee theft
4.Lying to employees
5.Violating company internet policies

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 Ethics

Virtues and vices define an individual’s moral values

• Virtue ethics is a class of normative ethical theories
which treat the concept of moral virtue as central to ethics.
(Honesty, courage, compassion, generosity)
• Vice: is a moral failing or a bad habit. Lying and
cheating are both forms of vice

In office?

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 Ethics
Computer Ethics: Moral guidelines that govern the use of
computer and Information Systems. It is society's views about
the use of computers, both hardware and software.

•not use a computer to harm other people.

•not interfere with other people's computer work.
•not snoop around in other people's computer files.
•not use a computer to steal.
•not use a computer to bear false witness.

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 Moral, Ethics and Law

Never giving up Respect other Employees

(degree) religions rights law
(Salary)

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 Computer Ethics
Concerns about the Ethical use of IT
1. E-mail and Internet access monitoring at work
2.Software piracy, downloading in violation of copyright
laws
3. Unsolicited e-mail, spoofing,
spamming, phishing
4. Hacker and cracker theft
5. Plagiarism by students
6. Malware, cookies and
spyware to illegally track
a user

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 HACKERS AND CRACKERS
There is a debate between hackers and crackers. These both
terms are linked with one subject which is hacking.

1.Hackers :
Hackers are kind of good peoples who does hacking for the good purpose and to
obtain more knowledge from it. They generally find loop holes in the system and
help them to cover the loop holes. Hackers are generally programmers who obtain
advance knowledge about operating systems and programming languages. These
people never damage or harm any kind of data.

2.Crackers :
Crackers are kind of bad people who breaks or violates the system or a computer
remotely with bad intentions to harm the data and steal it. Crackers destroy data
by gaining an unauthorized access to the network. There works are always hidden
as they are doing illegal stuff. Bypasses passwords of computers and social media
websites, can steal your bank details and transfer money from bank.

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 HACKERS AND CRACKERS

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 Spoofing is similar to email phishing in that it uses deception
to trick users into providing sensitive information.

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Email phishing is the act of impersonating a business or other entity for
the purpose of tricking the recipient of email into giving up sensitive
personal information.

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 Code of Ethics
• Organizations have Code of Ethics for its employees
• Breaking the code of ethics can result in termination
• It documents the
1. mission and values of the organization
2. how professionals are supposed to approach problems
3. the ethical principles based on the organization's core
values
• A code of ethics is important because it clearly lays the
"rules" for behavior and provides a preemptive warning

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 Code of Ethics
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

• Some examples
1. Avoid harm to others
2. Be fair and take action not to discriminate.
3. Honor property rights
4. Give proper credit for intellectual property
5. Respect the privacy of others
6. Honor confidentiality

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 Professionalism
Profession
• Requires specialized knowledge and intensive
academic preparation
Professionals
• Possess advanced training and experience
• Exercise discretion and judgment in their work
• Keep abreast of developments in their field
Integrity
• Acting in accordance with personal code of principles
• Extending respect, consideration, moral values to all

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 Ethics Training
• Educate employees how to apply code of
ethics in real life to encourage ethical behavior
• Goal
1. Encourage employees to report any misconducts
2. Show employees effective ways of reporting incidents
3. Reassure employees that such feedback will be acted
on and that they will not be subjected to retaliation

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 Ethical Issues
Software piracy
• Business Software Alliance (BSA) - trade group that
represents world’s largest software and hardware
manufacturers
• Aims to stop the unauthorized copying of software
Trade secret
• Information that can be kept as a trade secret includes formulas,
patterns, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, or
processes.
Whistle-blowing
• Whistleblowing is the term used when a person passes on
information concerning wrongdoing, such as corruption over-billing
or billing for services not performed and false certifications by
educational institutions or certifying agencies. 22 22

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 Ethical Issues
Conflict of interest
• A conflict of interest occurs when an individual's personal interests –
family, friendships, financial, or social factors – could compromise his
or her judgment, decisions, or actions in the workplace.

Fraud
• broad legal term referring to dishonest acts that intentionally use
deception to illegally deprive another person or entity of money
Misrepresentation
• Getting into a contract with a person or a company on false grounds
by making statements that are not in accordance with the facts

Breach of contract
• When one party fails to meet the terms of a contract
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 Bribes and Gifts

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 Questions and Answer

Q&A

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