Basak Uzunok - x17144655 Computer technology introduces changes for which rules and laws of acceptable behaviour have not yet been improved (Olson and Kesharwani, 2010). The presentation new information technology has a dramatic effect, raising new political, ethical and social issues that need to be addressed at political, social and individual levels. These problems have five ethical dimensions: property rights and obligations, quality of system, rights and obligations to information, accountability and control and quality of life. There are five key moral proportions that link social, political and ethical problems in an information society. These moral dimensions are information rights and obligations, property rights and obligations, accountability and control, quality of life, quality of life. There are close links between ethical, social and political issues (Olson and Kesharwani, 2010). For example: · Social issues arise from ethical issues as societies develop expectations of individuals about the right course of action. · Political problems arise from social conflicts and are primarily concerned with the use of laws that prescribe behaviour in order to create situations in which people act properly. Examples can identify problems related to the information age's five moral dimensions. These include: Rights and obligations to information, rights and obligations to property, accountability and control, system quality and standard of living. The ethical stress on existing social arrangements and laws has increased by four key technological trends. 1. Computing power has doubled each 18 months, allowing an increasing number of groups in their core business processes to use information systems. This growing dependence on critical systems increases system error vulnerability and poor data quality. 2. Technological advances in data storage techniques have enabled the multiplication of individual databases maintained by private and public organizations - making it both cheap and effective to violate individual privacy. 3. Advances in the strategies of data analysis allow industry and government agencies to use profiling to determine detailed information on individual habits and tastes and to create detailed information dossiers. 4. Advances in networking reduce the cost of data movement and access, enabling large - scale invasions of privacy. The ease and anonymity with which info can be communicated, manipulated and copied in online platforms challenges traditional rules of correct and incorrect conduct (Morahan-Martin, J. ,2012). Three different regimes that protect intellectual property rights: 1 Trade secrets 2 Copyright 3 Patent law Traditional copyright laws are inadequate to protect against software piracy, as it is so easy to copy digital material. Internet technology also makes it even harder to protect intellectual property (Olson and Kesharwani, 2010). Digital material can be easily transmitted and copied to many different locations simultaneously via the Internet. Without permission, web pages can easily be built using pieces of content from other web sites. Purchases of credit cards can provide telemarketers, direct mail companies and market researchers with personal information. Advances in IT facilitate the invasion of privacy. Information and Privacy Rights The main social problems relating to e - commerce and privacy relate to the development of "exceptions to privacy" or privacy standards and public attitudes. The main policy issues relating to privacy and e -commerce relate to the development of statutes governing relations between individuals and record holders. The protection of privacy in Europe is much more stringent than in the US. Without the prior consent of the consumer, European union countries do not allow businesses to use private data (Laudon, K. and Laudon, J., 2012). Harvard Style References Laudon, K. and Laudon, J. (2012). Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm. 6th ed. Canada: Pearson Education, pp.227, 228, 361,364.
Paginas.fe.up.pt. (n.d.). Ethical and Social Issues in the Digital Firm. [online] Available at: https://paginas.fe.up.pt/~acbrito/laudon/ch5/summary.htm [Accessed 10 Feb. 2019]. Morahan-Martin, J. (2012). Internet use and abuse and psychological problems. 1st ed. Oxford Handbook. Olson, D. and Kesharwani, S. (2010). Enterprise Information Systems: Contemporary Trends and Issues. World Scientific, pp.217.218,219.
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