1. UDMIS.info Ethics and IS

2. UDMIS.info The Ethics of IS Ethics and Privacy Ethical Issues Law & Order

3. UDMIS.info Security & Ethical Challenges Privacy Accuracy Property Access Human Impacts

4. UDMIS.info Ethical Considerations Ethical Principles Proportionality Informed Consent Justice Minimized Risk Standard of Conduct Act with integrity Protect the information privacy & confidentiality Do not misrepresent or withhold information Do not misuse resources Do not exploit weakness of systems Advance the health and welfare of general public

5. UDMIS.info Ethical Issues Privacy Internet privacy Corporate email Matching Accuracy Credit card accounts Student Records Property Intellectual property Software piracy Identity Theft Who owns the bandwidth? Access Who can see it? Who should see it? Can everybody with appropriate rights get access to see it?

6. UDMIS.info Privacy Issues IT makes it technically and economically feasible to collect, store, integrate, interchange, and retrieve data and information quickly and easily. Benefit – increases efficiency and effectiveness But, may also have a negative effect on individual’s right to privacy Accessing private e-mail and computer records & sharing information about individuals gained from their visits to websites and newsgroups

7. UDMIS.info Privacy Issues Always knowing where a person is via mobile and paging services Computer Matching Computer profiling and matching personal data to that profile Mistakes can be a major problem Protect your privacy by Encrypting your messages Post to newsgroups through anonymous re-mailers Ask your ISP not to sell your information to mailing list providers and other marketers Decline to reveal personal data and interests online

8. UDMIS.info Computer Libel and Censorship (The opposite side of the privacy debate) Right to know (freedom of information) Right to express opinions (freedom of speech) Right to publish those opinions (freedom of the press) Spamming Flaming Anonymity of domain ownership From where did my campaign funds come?

9. UDMIS.info Human Impacts Employee Monitoring (especially online) Deskilling (robotic welders) Intellectual Property Protection (Napster or KaZaA) Human Control (Airbus Fly-by-Wire)

10. UDMIS.info Computer Monitoring Concerns workplace privacy Monitors individuals, not just work Is done continually. May be seen as violating workers’ privacy & personal freedom Workers may not know that they are being monitored or how the information is being used May increase workers’ stress level May rob workers of the dignity of their work

11. UDMIS.info Health Issues Job stress Muscle damage Eye strain Radiation exposure Accidents Ergonomic design to ameliorate these problems

12. UDMIS.info E-mail Monitoring “Spot checks just aren’t good enough anymore. The tide is turning toward systematic monitoring of corporate e-mail traffic using content-monitoring software that scans for troublesome words that might compromise corporate security.” Widespread monitoring of email Magic Lantern Carnivore

13. UDMIS.info Law & Order Irony of a private person being accessible by so many It’s always been doable; just not this easily (see examples throughout the episode) Worms Privacy and the law Who’s morally responsible for how information is used? If your software or service is used by somebody as a means to kill another, who’s responsible?