Organizations have a right, and sometimes even an obligation, to monitor activity on their computers or network, but the ethics involved are often blurred. The growing presence of surveillance technology is directly related to the nature and the wide spread use of computer technology; particularly the expanding use of computer networks. As employers expand their reliance on interconnected information system to collect, process, store, and distribute information to support their organization, they face an increasing challenge to protect the integrity, confidentiality, insure productivity and maintain the availability of data. Along with this challenge, management needs to choose an appropriate level of monitoring or protection of the employer's network while also ensuring that the security measures that are adopted do not breach the fundamental privacy interests of employees.
The right of an employer to monitor an employee's computer is an ethical issue that is subject to individual interpretation. Some would call it a responsibility. Others would call it an invasion of privacy. Monitoring employees' use of company computers, e-mail, and the internet involve the same basic issues that come into play with general searches at work, telephone monitoring, and video surveillance. Those basic issues revolve around letting employees know that as far as work is concerned, they have no expectation of privacy in their use of company premises, facilities, or resources and that they are subject to monitoring at all times. Naturally, reason and common sense supply some understandable limitations, such as no video cameras in employee restrooms, and no forced searches of someone's clothing or body, but beyond that, almost anything is possible in the areas of searches and monitoring. Undoubtedly, the need to secure information from those who might damage expensive computer systems or conduct economic espionage or perform some other such havoc has never been greater.
Attention is being paid to ethics in computer use today. The reason for so much attention is that society is realizing the computer can invade individual's privacy. ... Computer ethics are key in today's modernized world. ... For example right to privacy. ... Right to computer access, right to computer skills, etc. ...
Ethics are moral decisions people make based on what they believe is right or wrong. ... When using information think about privacy, accuracy, property, and access to ensure ethical use. ... The four that will be concentrated on are: privacy, accuracy, property, and access. Privacy is about keeping personal information in your own hands or there self. ... But the ethics is who should have access to this information and how much of it should they be able to use? ...
There are 10 basic rules that relate to computer ethics called The Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics. They outline what is ethically right and wrong when it comes to computer ethics. ... I believe that it is wrong because you have the right to your privacy, hacking completely destroys this ethical belief. ... This is a computer ethical issue because it is using a computer to harm other people, therefore breaking one of the ten commandments of computer ethics. ... All types of Internet and computer ethics are somehow related, theft and hacking usually accompany each other etc. ...
When developing the code of ethics I reflected on what has been important to me in my career in terms of technology, ethics, and safety in the military and in my current career. ... Point Three Respect the privacy of other users, the organization, the client and of all stakeholders. As an IT professional you will respect the privacy of others whether it is other users of technology, or stakeholders. ... As an IT professional, you will not intentionally introduce any program or data that contains a computer virus or worm into information systems infrastructure. ... You must understand that it i...
Why Bother With Ethics? ... Purpose, principle and consequence are the vehicles of ethics in business. ... Ethics are a necessary and critical ingredient in any successful enterprise. ... Ethics sometimes get in the way of resolving questions like: What is the ethical concern? ... Clearly, defining ethics is to define man 's values and interests. ...
The attempt to pass complete privacy legislation in the United States has been disturbed by the fact that those who will benefit from privacy are scattered while the corporate opponents of privacy are well organized. ... When the user returns to that site the cookies reveal that he has been there before and may offer products or ads based on the data in the retrieved cookie (Computer Privacy Presentation). ... The process that most commonly uses this technique is know as data mining and is become ever so popular today (Computer Privacy Presentation). Even though it may seem immediate, an...
The concern about privacy on the Internet is increasingly becoming an issue of international dispute. ... They accomplished this by implementing cookie files onto computer hard drives. ... Several of these companies used Orwellian computer software that was initially offered for only $99 and had the ability to screen and record every keystroke on the computer with video like precision. ... The attempt to pass complete privacy legislation in the United States has been disturbed by the fact that those who will benefit from privacy are scattered while the corporate opponents of privacy are well o...
These issues may involve an individual's privacy vs. the public's "right to know," or they may deal with the extent to which an employer may have access to its employee's medical records, electronic ("email"), personnel or other personal files. ... Saying that the problems of computer ethics are like other ethical problem does not solve them, many approaches are possible. We are starting to hear among computer experts the same debates we've heard for centuries among criminologists: prevention, deterrence, retribution, and cure? ... But I want to suggest some possibil...
Another way of monitoring employees is through computer terminals. ... There are several types of computer monitoring. One common type of computer monitoring is through the use of computer software that enables them to see what is on the employees" screen. ... A very thin line exists in the balance between reducing fraud and poor work ethics and maintaining an enjoyable yet profitable working environment. ... There are also other very serious ramifications, such as legal liability for infringing on employee rights to privacy and maintaining employee's moral that corporations must cons...
