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| Moral relativism. Situational ethics. Religious traditions. Guidelines you use to make decisions. Study of nature of morals and the choices you make. Conforming to accepted ideas of right and wrong. (black and white) |
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• Checklist of personal decisions
• May be well defined
• May be applied inconsistently |
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| How do person ethics develop? |
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• Family and cultural bias
• Religious affiliation
• Life experiences
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| Define your personal ethics |
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• Describe yourself
• List your beliefs
• Identify external influences
• Consider “why”
• Prepare a statement of values |
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| Benefits of ethical living |
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• Obeying laws
• Less stress and anger
• Increased happiness |
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| Personal Ethics in the World View |
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• Do your ethics match those of the workplace?
• Are your ethics away from work a concern for your employer? |
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| How does Ethics fit into Technology |
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| Technolgoy is around us & moves quickly. Rules governing technology move more slowly. Use of technoogy is up to you person ethnics |
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| Using Computers to Support Ethical Conduct |
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• Charitable organizations use the Internet for fund raising.
• Companies must provide mechanisms to report unethical behavior anonymously.
• Intranets and e-mail are used to inform employees of ethics policies.
• Your personal ethics must guide your decisions concerning technology. |
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| Social Justice: Can Technology Be Used to Benefit Everyone? |
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| Use to acieve social justice and in poor areas |
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| • Can we apply technology in poor areas? |
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• Solar energy
• Genetic engineering
• Internet access |
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| how does technology provide economic opportunity to all? |
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| Could eliminate poverty, improve quality of life in poor countries. Could be an ethical force. |
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| What protects intellectual property? |
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| allows exceptions to copy right laws |
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| Fair use decisions are guided by four criteria.What is the "Fair use" criteria? |
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– What is the purpose of the work?
– What is the nature of the work?
– How much copyrighted material is being used?
– What is the effect on the original material? |
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| Point: Fair use standards are beneficial |
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Liberal view:wide dissemination of information. Allow most democratic, free society andexisting laws aren't up to with technology.
Couterpoint, Strict: Laws shouldn't be changed. copyright holders should control their own work. |
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| Personal Privacy a Casualty of the Modern Age? |
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| • Privacy is a basic human right. |
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| • Many of our transactions are recorded. |
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– Debit cards
– Loyalty cards
– Electronic toll passes |
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| Point: Protect Personal Privacy |
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– No reason for monitoring
– Government misuse of data
– Government control of population
– National ID cards reminiscent of Nazis
– Expense of privacy controls |
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| Counterpoint: Reduced Privacy Is a Fact of Modern Life |
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– Should have nothing to hide
– Helps enhance detection of terrorists
– Protects citizens from being abused
– National ID card worth the cost |
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• Multi-billion dollar industry
• Already illegal in United States
• Facilitates addictive gambling |
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| Point: Ban Online Gambling |
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– Easy access for minors and compulsive gamblers
– Could support criminal activities
– No regulation: Who keeps the house honest?
– Allows gamblers to hide their addiction |
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| Counterpoint: Legalize Online Gambling |
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– Protect consumers
– Allow for scrutiny of all transactions
– Standardize the industry
– Generate tax revenues
– Regulated in other countries
– Easier to regulate than to prohibit |
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| Google concedes to demands from Beijing to self-censor its search engine |
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– Helps suppress dissent in return for access to the Chinese market
– Cost of doing business in Chinese market
– Huge market potential in China |
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| Point: Google Acted Unethically |
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– Sacrificed free speech for business
– Violated human rights
– No incentive for China to change
– Other rights hang in the balance
– How far is too far? |
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| Counterpoint: Google’s Actions Were Justified |
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– Companies should pursue profits.
– Withdrawing from China would further restrict free speech.
– Staying in China advances the slow progress toward democracy. |
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| Whatis the bad things does the Internet allow? |
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– Sexual predators to contact potential victims
– Distribution of pornography
– Cyber-bullying
– Phishing
– Dissemination of hate speech |
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| Why are children more vulnerable to the bad factors of the Internet |
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• Use technology more than adults
• More trusting than some adults
• May not recognize malicious intent |
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| Point: Monitoring Software Protects Children |
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• Laws have proved ineffective
• Make sure libraries and schools are safe
• Uphold moral standards of the public
• Logical extension of the library screening process |
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| Counterpoint: Monitoring Software Restricts Access to Information |
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• Blocks informational content
• Amounts to censorship
• Is not 100% reliable
• Widens the “digital divide”
• Education a better alternative |
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