COMPUTER ETHICS

CONTENTS

• Introduction - Ethics

• Computer Ethics

• Categories of Computer Ethics Issues

• Ten Commandments

• Intellectual Property Rights

• Effects on Society

• Privacy Concerns

• Conclusion

• Ethics is a group of oral principles that govern the behaviour of a group or an individual.

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• It is the discipline concerned with what is good or bad.

ETHICS

COMPUTER ETHICS

• Computer ethics is a part of practical philosophy concerned with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct

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• It is a set of principles that regulate the use of computers.

Categories of Computer Ethics Issue

• Privacy

• Computers create a false sense of security
• People do not realize how vulnerable information stored on computers are

• Property

• Physical property
• Intellectual property(in both copyright and patent)
• Data as property

• Access

• Access to computing technology
• Access to data

• Accuracy

• Accuracy of information stored
• Responsibility of data collectors to control access and determine what information a person has the right to obtain about others and how the information can be used

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The Ten Commandments of computer ethics have been defined by the Computer Ethics Institute.

1) Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people

2) Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work

3) Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's files

4) Thou shalt not use a computer to steal

5) Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness

6) Thou shalt not use or copy software for which you have not paid

7) Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization

8) Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output

9) Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write

10) Thou shalt use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect

Ten Commandments

PRIVACY CONCERNS

• Software Privacy
• Malware
• Data Protection
• Anonimity

• Software piracy is the illegal reproduction and distribution of software applications. Pirated software is a very dangerous trend.

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• It hurts everyone, from developers to sellers and software users.

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• Software piracy has a significant impact on the economy. It leads to job loses and revenue losses to the companies.

SOFTWARE PIRACY

Anonymity

Malware

means malicious software which is created to impair a computer system. Common malware are viruses, spyware, worms and trojan horses. A virus can delete files from a hard drive while a spyware can collect data from a computer.

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Data Protection

also known as information privacy or data privacy is the process of safeguarding data which intends to influence a balance between individual privacy rights while still authorising data to be used for business purposes.

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is a way of keeping a user’s identity masked through various applications.

Intellectual Property Rights

• Copyright
• Ethical Hacking
• Plagiarism
• Cracking
• Protect your Privacy

Copyright is a legal right granted to authors, software companies, etc.

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Software copyright must be used by all people to prevent the unauthorized copying of their software.

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Without the pemission of the copyright holder, one cannot make copies of the software program.

Copyright ©

Ethical Hacking

• Independent computer security professionals breaking into the computer system

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• Neither damage the target systems nor steal information

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• Evaluate target system security and report back to owners about the bugs found

– is a way of breaking into a system by getting past the security features of the system.

- it’s a way of skipping the registration and authentication steps when installing a software.

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Plagiarism

– is an act of copying and publishing another person’s work without proper citation.

- it’s like stealing someone else’s work and releasing it as your own work

Cracking

PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY

• Be aware of the risks, fraud and false information which exists on the internet

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• Use common sense when deciding whether an information is valid. Don’t trust or spread further any information about which you are in doubt

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• Protect your personal information to keep someone from using it in an unethical way

• it limits the skills of the employees.
• ethical concerns on health and safety of employees getting sick from constant sitting, staring at computer screens, etc..

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• time spent using computers increases energy usage which in turn increases the emission of greenhouse gases.
• there are ways where we can save energy like limiting computer time.

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• help people stay in touch with family and friends.
• Social media has been very popular nowadays.
• computer gaming influenced society both positively and negatively.

Effects on Society

Jobs

Environmental Impact

Social Impact

CONCLUSION

As technology advances, computers continue to have a greater impact on society. Therefore, computer ethics promotes the discussion of how much influence computers should have in areas such as artificial intelligence and human communication.

As the world of computers evolve, computer ethics continues to create standards that address new issues raised by new technologies.

By,

Group 4,

Abhirami S(6)

Aparna Saju(27)

Divyasree D(45)

Alen Tito(49)

Abhijith M(47)