Ethical Use of Technology
Originally created as an Introductory Presentation to
Computer Basics & Keyboarding
for 5th & 6th Grade Students at JT Waugh Intermediate School
by
Marla Schifano, Computer Lab Instructor
Susan Ciminelli, District Technology Coordinator
Permission granted for instructional use.
What does ethical mean?
• moral
• trustworthy
• responsible
• proper
• conscientious
• honorable
• honest
• right
• respectable
Is it Ethical?
You left your diary on your desk and the
phone rang...
is it ethical for your cousin to read it?
Is it Ethical?
You worked for hours on your science project.
Your friend borrows your notebook and
project.
The next day he gives it to the teacher with
his own name on it.
Was this ethical?
Is it Ethical?
You completed a clay project
for art. Someone deliberately
smashes your project.
Was this ethical?
Is it Ethical?
You just bought a new music CD.
Someone borrowed it
without asking you.
Even though they returned it undamaged,
was this ethical?
Issues in Ethical Use of
Computers
The previous examples are basic issues which also
apply in using computers.
What is appropriate use of computers?
What are the issues and consequences of inappropriate
computer use?
Privacy
Privacy of Files and Information
Unauthorized Use means
using a computer without asking
permission from the proper authority
this includes viewing documents
other have created, installing
software, and accessing email or other
network files or data files assigned to
another person.
Using someone else’s password is a
violation of authorized use.
Obtaining someone else’s password is
also a violation of authorized use.
Vandalism & Neglect
carelessness
food & liquids
destructive actions
vandalism of other’s files
Wasting Valuable Resources
Technical
support
is costly and
takes time.
Copyright Law
Copyright protects the
ideas and hard work
of creative people.
Stealing someone’s work
under the copyright laws
is a felony.
Plagerism is Stealing & Lying
A Call to Action
• What do you do
if someone’s
behavior
is not
ethical?
Ethical Use
Fair to Everyone