ITEC317 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems
Prepared By :
Ismail Yilmaz 942764
Caner Demirer 071382
Aim of this Presentation
 Evolution the internet
 What is WWW
 How does its past development and current operations
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relate to questions of ethics?
Is there a place for legal ethics on the internet?
If so,how would this manifest itself?
Some illegals on the Internet
Advantages of the Internet
Disadvantages of the Internet
Evolution Of the Internet
 The internet is a worldwide public network of
computers on which people can join and use multiple
services such as sharing of information.
 Started life in 1969 as a network for the American
Military(arpanet)
 Started by connecting terminals at Standford and Ucla
 In 70s-80s Internet evolved into a network for the
American academic community
What is WWW?
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Way of exchanging information.
Network of pages of images, texts and sounds etc.
Platform for user.
WWW BACKGROUND?
 WWW was developed by British scientist Tim Berners-
Lee in 1989
 Published in 1992
 In 1988 thru the early 90s, worms found their way
around the Net-WWW Worms(W4),joined by Spiders,
Wanderers, Crawlers, and Snakes
What are the effects of this evolution
in the ethics issue?
 Internet originaly designed for,and used by,the few and
the intellectual
 Internet was originally used exclusively by
Americans,who value freedom of expression and are
hostile towards goverment intervention or control
 As Internet growth continues,more users in Third
World,the ethics debate will not simply be an American
vs Europeans one because of wide diversity of cultures
and value sstems of users.
What are the effects of the range of
Internet services for the ethics debate?
 The internet is not one network but many networks
connected to each other.
 The Internet has many users with different interests.
 The debate about the content of the Internet is not
national but global,not by specialists but populace
Ethics debate
 What is this ethics debate over the Internet?
 Is there a place for legal ethics on the Internet and,if
so,how would this manifest itself?
 How do we define Internet Ethics?
Definitions
 Ethics is about what is good,and how we should think
about good
 Logic is about truth
Internet Ethics
 Seeks to come up with a code of conduct and disclosure
obligation for those who communicate on the Internet
Issues on Internet Ethics
 Should we apply our moral standards to the Internet,or
should we develop new norms?
 If Internet is borderless, how do we accommodate
multiplicity of values?
 Are we to follow the established rules of conduct?
 Whose is responsibility of ethics on the Internet?
Issues on Ethics of Internet research
 Consist of codes of conduct relating to behavior in
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computer mediated groups and communities and
conduct relating to the practise of research generally
relate to
Issues of informed consent
Privacy
Confidentiality
Dignity
Avoidance of harm
Another ethical issue is technology
assisted plagiarism
 Users,especially students/faculty can download entire
term papers these research articles modules.
 Internet makes it easy for users to simply sit at
home,search millions of articles instantly,be taken to the
exact paragraph in a text that deals with their subjects,
cut and paste it, and pass the work as their own.
Advantages of the Internet
 E-mail
 Access Information
 Shopping
 Online Chat
 Downloading Software(free ones)
 Social Networks
 Navigations
Disadvantages of the Internet
 Illegal music/movie/program downloads
 Chat room behavior
 Fake accounts
 Hackers
 Crakers
 Spamming
 Pornography
Ethics and the Internet
“A Student Dialogue”
 Should EMU filter web content over the
campus network?
 What level of privacy do you expect when
using the Internet?
 Who “owns” what when using EMU
computers/systems?
Discussion 1:
 Did EMU filter web content over the campus network?
Discussion 2:
 What level of privacy do you expect when using the
Internet?
Remember:
 Stay on topic
 Be respectful to others
 Viewpoints during this dialogue
Referans
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Questions?
Thank You
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Technology