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5.1 Ethical Issues
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Edward Snowden
Former CIA employee exposed a system used by American government (and back by the UK) that collected data (emails and IM plus internet activity) from millions of people every single day.
Ethical example
A self-driving car is going to be involved in an accident. Should it save the occupants of the car, or plow into a group of school children?
Task
Find news articles falling into each category of ethical issue and in a word document, explain the story and any codes of practice/laws that were broken
Whistle blowing
It's not blowing a literal whistle, it's when an employee discloses that some form of serious wrongdoing is taking place.
Whistle blowers are protected by UK law from punishment by their organisation.
Such practices could be, for example:
- Illegal activity
- Threats to individuals
- Damage to property/environment
Presentation
Ethical issues
Present the findings you made about ethical issues to the group. Give an overview of the news articles you found.
- Whistle blowing
- Disability/Gender/Sexuality discrimination
- Use of information
- Codes of Practice
- E safety
The right thing to do isn't always the easiest thing to do.....
Sometimes, the right thing isn't always an obvious choice either.
Lesson Objectives
To understand the ethical issues that can affect the IT industry
To look at some legislation that governs ethics in IT
Starter
Codes of Practice
3 pieces of network hardware
2 computer ports
1 definition of 'open source' software
These provide ethical guidance for people working in a particular profession as to how they should behave.
Unit 1 - 5.1 Ethical Issues
Ethics and IT
Computers and the way we use them are evolving rapidly. This throws up new legal and ethical dilemmas.
E.G. a finance employee would be bound by the companies code of practice not to discuss the salaries of employees working for the company!
Staying safe online
Use of information
Guidelines to avoid problems caused by individuals or groups of people online.
- Password
- Privacy settings
- Online conduct
- Report functions
- Browser settings (password key-chains etc)
The data protection act (1998) ensures that data is used in a responsible manner
It stops data being collected that isn't relevant, or using data for a purpose that it wasn't collected for.
Disability/gender/sexuality discrimination
The equality act 2010 ensures the equal treatment of all people, regardless of their race, disability, gender or sexual orientation.
Despite this - only 25% of presidents and CEO's in the UK are women....