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4.1 Understanding ethical and social issues
related to systems.
4.2 Ethics in an information society.
4.3 The moral dimensions of information
systems.
4.1 understanding ethical and social
issues related to systems.
• Ethics: refers to the principles of right and
wrong that individuals use to make choices to
guide their behaviors.
• Information technology can be use to
achieve social progress , but it can also be
used to commit crimes and threaten
cherished social values .
• A model for thinking a bout ethical ,
social , and political issues.
• Many of these issues not only touch our
society as a whole, but also raise lots of
questions for organizations, companies, and
the workplace in general. We hear arguments
for free speech, personal responsibility, and
corporate responsibility.
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• Five moral dimensions of the
information age:
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Information rights and obligation .
Accountability and control.
Quality of life.
Systems quality.
Property rights and obligation.
• Key technology trends that raise
ethical issues.
• Information technologies pose problems and
threats to established societal rules, and
technological advances pose new situations
and possible threats to privacy and ethics.
Technology trends that raise ethical
issues.
Trends
Impacts
Computing power doubles
every 18 months.
More organization depend on
computer systems for critical
operations.
Data strange costs rapidly
declining .
Organization can easily maintain
detailed databases on individuals.
Data analysis advances.
Companies can analyze vast
quantities of data gathered on
individuals to develop detailed
profiles of individual behavior.
Networking advances and
the internet.
Copying data from one location to
another and accessing personal data
from remote locations are much
easier.
4.2 Ethics in an information society.
• Did you ever hear the old warning: "Just
because you can, doesn't mean you should?"
Well, a lot of things are possible on the
Internet nowadays, but that doesn't mean you
should do them.
• Ethics is easily managed in small groups
because the group itself tends to control the
individual's behavior. It's referred to as "selfpolicing."
Basic Concepts: Responsibility,
Accountability, and Liability
• Every action causes a reaction. When you're using
the Internet, you should be aware of the
following:
• Responsibility: Accepting potential costs, duties,
and obligations for your decisions.
• Accountability: Determining who should take
responsibility for decisions and actions.
• Liability: Legally placing responsibility with a
person or group.
• Due Process: ensuring the laws are applied fairly
and correctly.
Ethical Analysis
• It's safe to say you'll find yourself in situations where
your ethics are challenged. What should you do? Try
the following:
• Separate fact from fiction.
• Remember, no matter how thin you slice it,
there's always two sides.
• Determine who's really involved.
• Compromise; it doesn't always have to be an
"either-or" outcome.
• Anticipate the outcome; it will help you devise
better solutions.
Professional Codes of Conduct
• Most professional organizations have a code
of conduct by which they expect their
members to abide. The Association of
Computing Machinery (ACM) has an excellent
set of standards that apply to all of us,
whether we belong to ACM or not.
4.3 the moral dimensions of
information systems:
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3.
4.
5.
Information rights and obligation .
Accountability and control.
Quality of life.
Systems quality.
Property rights and obligation.
1. Information rights:
• Privacy and freedom in the
internet age.
2. Property rights:
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Intellectual property.
Trade secrets.)‫(االسرار التجارية‬
Copyright.)‫(حقوق الطبع‬
Patents.)‫(براءة االختراع‬
3. Accountability , liability
,and control.
4. systems quality : data
quality and systems errors.
5. quality of life: equity
access and boundaries.
• Computer crime and abuse.
• Is the commission of illegal acts through the
use of a computer or against a computer
systems.
• Computer abuse : is the commission of
acts involving a computer that may not be
illegal but that are considered unethical.
1. What is management information
systems?
2. How can to create value?
3. How could you use information systems
to achieve greater value?
4. How is going to design information
systems?
5. Why organization different in their
performance?
6. How to use that knowledge?