Working, Issue, Ethics in the Digital World

The digital world caused major changes in business and in the ways individuals work.

Creation of knowledge workers
- People who create new knowledge or modify existing knowledge
- Mental not physical
- Advanced education
   - College degree
   - Professional certifications – MCSA
- Telecommuting – working from home or other remote location


Ethics in the Digital World
-Ethics
   - A set of principles of right conduct
   - The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession
-Ethical is not always the same as legal.
-Ethics in the digital world are confusing.
-Legal system has not kept pace with the technology developments.

Major Ethical Issues in the Digital World
- Privacy
   - Identify theft
   - Sale of confidential personal information
- Intellectual Property
   - Old Napster
- Freedom of Speech
- Social Concerns

Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics.
1. Thou Shalt Not Use a Computer To Harm Other People.
2. Thou Shalt Not Interfere With Other People's Computer FIles.
3. Thou Shalt Not Snoop Around In Other People's Computer Files
4. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Steal.
5. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Bear False Witness.
6. Thou Shalt Not Copy Or Use Proprietary Software For Which You Have Not Paid.
7. Thou Shalt Not Use Other People's Computer Resources Without Authorization Or Proper Compensation.
8. Thou Shalt Not Appropriate Other People's Intellectual Output.
9. Thou Shalt Think About The Social Consequences Of The Program You Are Writing Or The System You Are Designing.
10. Thou Shalt Always Use A Computer In Ways That Insure Consideration And Respect For Your Fellow Humans.