Computer Ethics

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with reliable error detection and recording capabilities, permit the invasion of a supposedly secure environment to occur on a grand scale and go undetected withought any suspicion . Furthermore, computer and communications technology permits the invasion of a persons' privacy. Two forces threaten privacy: one, the growth of information technology with its enhanced capacity for surveillance, communication, computation, storage and retrieval and two, the more dangerous threat, the increased value of information in decision making. Information has become more vital in the competitive environment, thus, decision makers want it even if it violates somebody else's privacy. Violation of ones personal privacy, via computers may in part be due to the unclear understanding of responsibility on the part of those involved. Is it a management or a technical concern? Ethical standards that evolved over the history of civilization deal with interpersonal relationships. What is right or ...

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cut short by legal methods and if people do not adapt some code of ethic. Sometimes people display ethics when it is convenient and to their advantage. At other times they set any ethical standards aside by rationalizing that there is a greater good that should be considered. Unfortunately ethical behavior is not part of the law of nature, but part of a person's set of beliefs and behavior. An important aspect of computer users ethical abuse includes the privacy question. Why exactly is a person's privacy important? There is no simple answer to this question, as long as people have concerns and commitments that may be harmed by personal disclosures. There are several reasons why medical ...

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