WEEK 10 - Chapter 6

 

This chapter deals with ethics and privacy of information.  We share so much on the WWW, we would want to and assume that it is used ethically and responsibly. Ethics refer to the principle of right or wrong.  The framework of our decisions is based on 4 widely used standards called approaches – utilitarian, rights, fairness and common good.  In the corporate environment, many companies have developed their own set of ethics.  Most Codes of Ethics includes doctrines such as responsibility, accountability and liability

Issues the ensue are related to privacy, accuracy, accessibility and who owns the data.

Threats to our privacy in a company is covered with a policy and code in the company – guidelines as to how and what to share. It is also protected by Law – through the Privacy Act 1988.  Not only the local government, but some companies operate across the world.  There are files moving across borders that also need to be protected

REFERENCES

Gray, H. I. (2014). Managment Information Systems (1st Australian ed.). Australia: John Wiley & Sons.